Gephyrosauridae
| Gephyrosauridae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic,
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| Life restoration of Gephyrosaurus bridensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Family: | †Gephyrosauridae Evans, 1980 |
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| †Gephyrosaurus bridensis Evans, 1980
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Gephyrosauridae was a family of rhynchocephalians that lived in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. The members of Gephyrosauridae were named lepidosaurs in 1985 by Michael Benton.[1]
Distribution[]
Members of Gephyrosauridae are known from the United Kingdom, Italy, and Switzerland.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database Archived 2010-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ David I. Whiteside, FLS; Christopher J. Duffin, FLS (2017). "Late Triassic terrestrial microvertebrates from Charles Moore's "Microlestes" quarry, Holwell, Somerset, UK". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179 (3): 677–705. doi:10.1111/zoj.12458.
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- Sphenodontia
- Taxa named by Susan E. Evans
- Prehistoric reptile families
- Late Triassic first appearances
- Early Jurassic extinctions
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