Tuatara (English Wikipedia)

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Cree, A., Daugherty, C.H., Hay, J.M. (1 September 1990). "Neglected taxonomy and continuing extinctions of tuatara (Sphenodon)". Nature. 347 (6289): 177–179. Bibcode:1990Natur.347..177D. doi:10.1038/347177a0. S2CID 4342765.
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Herrera-Flores, J.A., Stubbs, T.L., Benton, M.J. (2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy..60..319H. doi:10.1111/pala.12284.
Jones ME, Anderson CL, Hipsley CA, Müller J, Evans SE, Schoch RR (September 2013). "Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (208): 208. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13..208J. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208. PMC 4016551. PMID 24063680.
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Simões TR, Kinney-Broderick G, Pierce SE (3 March 2022). "An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton and ontogeny". Communications Biology. 5 (1): 195. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03144-y. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8894340. PMID 35241764.
Cleary TJ, Benson RB, Evans SE, Barrett PM (March 2018). "Lepidosaurian diversity in the Mesozoic–Palaeogene: the potential roles of sampling biases and environmental drivers". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (3): 171830. Bibcode:2018RSOS....571830C. doi:10.1098/rsos.171830. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5882712. PMID 29657788.
Jones ME, Tennyson AJ, Worthy JP, Evans SE, Worthy TH (April 2009). "A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon)". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 276 (1660): 1385–90. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1785. PMC 2660973. PMID 19203920.
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Simões TR, Kinney-Broderick G, Pierce SE (3 March 2022). "An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton and ontogeny". Communications Biology. 5 (1): 195. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03144-y. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8894340. PMID 35241764.
Vaux, F., Morgan-Richards, M., Daly, E.E., Trewick, S.A. (2019). "Tuatara and a new morphometric dataset for Rhynchocephalia: Comments on Herrera-Flores et al". Palaeontology. 62 (2): 321–334. Bibcode:2019Palgy..62..321V. doi:10.1111/pala.12402. S2CID 134902015.
Fawcett JD, Smith HM (1970). "An Overlooked Synonym of Sphenodon punctatus, the New Zealand Tuatara". Journal of Herpetology. 4 (1–2): 89–91. doi:10.2307/1562712. JSTOR 1562712.
Simões TR, Kinney-Broderick G, Pierce SE (3 March 2022). "An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton and ontogeny". Communications Biology. 5 (1): 195. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03144-y. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8894340. PMID 35241764.
Herrera-Flores JA, Stubbs TL, Elsler A, Benton MJ (July 2018). "Taxonomic reassessment of Clevosaurus latidens Fraser, 1993 (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) and rhynchocephalian phylogeny based on parsimony and Bayesian inference". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (4): 734–742. Bibcode:2018JPal...92..734H. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.136. hdl:1983/59126b60-16d8-46d2-b657-954693a39d4e. ISSN 0022-3360.
Jenkins KM, Jones ME, Zikmund T, Boyde A, Daza JD (September 2017). "A Review of Tooth Implantation Among Rhynchocephalians (Lepidosauria)". Journal of Herpetology. 51 (3): 300–306. doi:10.1670/16-146. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 90519352.
Kieser JA, Tkatchenko T, Dean MC, Jones ME, Duncan W, Nelson NJ (2009). "Microstructure of dental hard tissues and bone in the Tuatara dentary, Sphenodon punctatus (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)". Frontiers of Oral Biology. 13: 80–85. doi:10.1159/000242396. ISBN 978-3-8055-9229-1. PMID 19828975.
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Jones, M.E. (August 2008). "Skull shape and feeding strategy in Sphenodon and other Rhynchocephalia (Diapsida: Lepidosauria)". Journal of Morphology. 269 (8): 945–66. doi:10.1002/jmor.10634. PMID 18512698. S2CID 16357353.
Jones ME, O'higgins P, Fagan MJ, Evans SE, Curtis N (July 2012). "Shearing mechanics and the influence of a flexible symphysis during oral food processing in Sphenodon (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)". The Anatomical Record. 295 (7): 1075–91. doi:10.1002/ar.22487. PMID 22644955. S2CID 45065504.
Meyer-Rochow VB, Wohlfahrt S, Ahnelt PK (2005). "Photoreceptor cell types in the retina of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) have cone characteristics". Micron. 36 (5): 423–428. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2005.03.009. PMID 15896966.
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Jones ME, Anderson CL, Hipsley CA, Müller J, Evans SE, Schoch RR (September 2013). "Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (208): 208. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13..208J. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208. PMC 4016551. PMID 24063680.
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