Sphenocondor

Sphenocondor; Temporal range: ; Middle-Late Toarcian; ~179–177 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Rhynchocephalia
Suborder:	Sphenodontia
Genus:	†Sphenocondor; Apesteguía et al. 2012
Type species
	†Sphenocondor gracilis; Apesteguía et al. 2012

Sphenocondor is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.^[2]

Phylogeny[]

A phylogenetic analysis performed by Apestiguia et al. (2012) resulted in the following tree which shows the relationship of Sphenocondor to other rhynchocephalians:

Sphenodontia

	Sphenocondor

	Godavarisaurus

	Clevosaurus

	Brachyrhinodon

Palaeopleurosaurus

	Sapheosaurus

	Kallimodon

	Theretairus

	Sphenovipera

Sphenodon

	Kaikaifilusaurus

	Eilenodon

	Toxolophosaurus

References[]

^ Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research. 89 (1): 47–65. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Apesteguía, S. N.; Gómez, R. L. O.; Rougier, G. W. (2012). "A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the phylogeny and biogeography of Gondwanan rhynchocephalians". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (2): 342. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00837.x.

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[1] Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research. 89 (1): 47–65. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[AGR12-2] Apesteguía, S. N.; Gómez, R. L. O.; Rougier, G. W. (2012). "A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the phylogeny and biogeography of Gondwanan rhynchocephalians". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (2): 342. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00837.x.

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