Full reference: D. I. Whiteside. 1986. The head skeleton of the Rhaetian sphenodontid Diphydontosaurus avonis gen. et sp. nov. and the modernizing of a living fossil. Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 312:379-430
Parent taxon: Sphenodontia according to J. A. Herrera-Flores et al. 2018
See also Apesteguia et al. 2012, Rauhut et al. 2012, Reynoso 2000 and Skinner et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Eusphenodontia, Godavarisaurus, Lamarquesaurus, Micromenodon, Opisthias, Pelecymala, Planocephalosaurus, Rebbanasaurus, Sauranodonti, Sphenocondor, Tingitana, Whitakersaurus
Subtaxa: Diphydontosaurus avonis
Type: Diphydontosaurus avonis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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