Reptilia - Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae

Full reference: V.-H. Reynoso. 2005. Possible evidence of a venom apparatus in a Middle Jurassic sphenodontian from the Huizachal red beds of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):646-654

Parent taxon: Sphenodontidae according to J. A. Herrera-Flores et al. 2018

See also Apesteguia et al. 2012, Reynoso 2005 and Reynoso and Cruz 2014

Sister taxa: Ankylosphenodon, Brachyrhinodontinae, Cynosphenodon, Derasmosaurus, Eilenosaurus, Elachistosuchus, Glevosaurus, Leptosaurus, Oenosaurus, Opisthodontia, Paleollanosaurus, Piocormus, Scharschengia, Sigmala, Simila, Sphenodon, Sphenodontinae, Theretairus, Zapatadon

Subtaxa: Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi

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Type: Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Jim's Joy, Huizachal Canyon (Jurassic of Mexico)

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