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Sphenodon

Taxonomy

Sphenodon was named by Gray (1831). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sphenodontidae by Benton (1985) and Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003).

Sister genera

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1831	Sphenodon Gray
1985	Sphenodon Benton p. 157
2003	Sphenodon Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 442

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