rhynchocephalian

(ˌrɪŋkəʊsɪˈfælɪən)

adj

(Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the Rhynchocephalia, an order of lizard-like reptiles common in the Mesozoic era but today represented only by the tuatara

(Animals) any reptile belonging to the order Rhynchocephalia

[C19: from New Latin Rhynchocephalia, from Greek rhunkhos a snout + kephalē head]

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rhyn•cho•ce•pha•lian

(ˌrɪŋ koʊ səˈfeɪl yən, -ˈfeɪ li ən)

adj.

1. belonging to the Rhynchocephalia, an order of lizardlike reptiles.

2. a rhynchocephalian reptile.

[1865–70; < New Latin Rhynchocephali(a) (< Greek rhýncho(s) snout + New Latin -cephalia; see -cephalous, -ia) + -an¹]

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Given what we know about Late Triassic continental tetrapods, the most plausible hypothesis is that the trackmaker is a lepidosauromorph such as a rhynchocephalian (Baird 1957) or a small early archosauromorph.

Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental Tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).

A Taxonomic Reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys

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