Patagosphenos, the Glossary
Patagosphenos is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Animal, Cenomanian, Chordate, Eilenodontinae, Extinction, Genus, Huincul Formation, Late Cretaceous, Lepidosauria, Opisthodontia (reptile), Reptile, Rhynchocephalia, Species.
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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Chordate
A chordate is a deuterostomic animal belonging to the phylum Chordata. All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics (synapomorphies) that distinguish them from other taxa.
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Eilenodontinae
Eilenodontinae are an extinct clade of reptiles belonging to Sphenodontia. Patagosphenos and Eilenodontinae are Rhynchocephalia.
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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Huincul Formation
The Huincul Formation is a geologic formation of Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Early Turonian) age of the Neuquén Basin that outcrops in the Mendoza, Río Negro and Neuquén Provinces of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Patagosphenos and Huincul Formation are Cretaceous Argentina.
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Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.
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Lepidosauria
The Lepidosauria (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) is a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia.
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Opisthodontia (reptile)
Opisthodontia is a proposed clade of sphenodontian reptiles, uniting Opisthias from the Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous of Europe and North America with the Eilenodontinae, a group of herbivorous sphenodontians known from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. Patagosphenos and Opisthodontia (reptile) are Rhynchocephalia.
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Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
Rhynchocephalia
Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.