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Taxon: Order Rhynchocephalia Günther, 1867 - tuataras (reptile)
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Authorship

Original name:  Günther, A. 1867. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London 1867 (2): 626.
Original rank:  Günther, A. 1867. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London 1867 (2): 626.
Original spelling:  Günther, A. 1867. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London 1867 (2): 626.
Description/Diagnosis in English:  Günther, A. 1867. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London 1867 (2): 626.

Attributes

Invalid name: type genus is a junior homonym (nom. illeg.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 39] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 7 Apr 2017.

Types

Type: Rhynchocephalus (Genus) Owen, 1845, nom. illeg. Ref: Günther, A. 1867. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London 1867 (2): 626 (footnote). [new] [inferred]

Variants

Clade-based name: Rhynchocephalia (Clade) Günther 1867 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988] Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022: 4. [new] [inferred]
Former rank: Rhynchocephalia (Subclass) Günther, 1867 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 439. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Sphenodontida (Order) Carroll, 1985 Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 52). [inferred]
Junior synonym: Sphenodontida (Order) Carroll, 1985 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 439 [Benton, 2005: 395]. [indirect]
Including: Sphenodontida (Order) Carroll, 1985 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 439. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: tuatara's Ref: 1992
: brughagedissen Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: tuataras
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