The region also boasts an entire endemic order, the tuataras (Order Rhynchocephalia). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in New Zealand] Reference
A new herbivorous sphenodontid Rhynchocephalia: Reptilia from the Jurassic of Colorado. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
The order Testudines includes turtles, the order Squamata includes lizards and snakes, the order Crocodylia contains crocodiles and alligators, and the order Rhynchocephalia contains the lizard-like tuataras. From Wordnik.com. [Reptile] Reference
A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and paleobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon). From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
Whether it has a free parietoquadrate arch I do not know, but it is probable that the genus should be referred to the Rhynchocephalia, in the neighborhood of PalsBohatteria Cred. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), which are unique to New Zealand, are the only survivors of the dinosaur-like reptile species Rhynchocephalia that became extinct about 60 million years ago. From Wordnik.com. [India eNews] Reference
American terrestrial Rhynchocephalia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Eutheria/Placentalia, Metatheria/Marsupialia, Rhynchocephalia/Sphenodonti (d) a. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
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