The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand. Despite its close resemblance to lizards, it is part of a distinct lineage...

lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand. Despite its current lack of diversity, during...

However, it is represented by only one living species: the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a superficially lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand...

2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: Is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...

Rhynchocephalia, comprising taxa most closely related to the living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Historically the taxa included within Sphenodontidae have...

(Dermatemys mawii) Snapping turtle (Chelydridae) family Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri) Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) Impressed...

from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon)". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 276 (1660): 1385–90. doi:10.1098/rspb...

(2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...

birds to have survived.[citation needed] However, the discovery of a Sphenodon fossil dating to the Early Miocene 19–16 Mya raises question as to whether...

Jones; et al. (2011). "Hard tissue anatomy of the cranial joints in Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia): sutures, kinesis, and skull mechanics". Palaeontologia...