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rhynchocephalia

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Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only two living species of tuatara ( Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri ), which only inhabit parts of New Zealand. Despite its current lack of diversity, the Rhynchocephalia at one ...

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Rhynchocephala \Rhyn`cho*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + kefalh` head.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebr[ae], immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living ...