Pelecymala

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptile}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{Geological_age|205.6|201.6}} | genus = Pelecymala | parent_authority = Fraser, 1986 | species = robustus | authority = Fraser, 1986 }}

'''''Pelecymala''''' is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile that lived in southwest England during the Triassic period.<ref>{{Cite book |last=C. |first=Fraser, N. |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/703911835 |title=New Triassic sphenodontids from south-west England and a review of their classification : Palaeontology 29, (1), 1986 165-186 : ill |oclc=703911835}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mindat.org |url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4821615.html |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> It has been recovered in recent studies as a primitive member of the group.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Herrera-Flores |first1=Jorge A. |last2=Stubbs |first2=Thomas L. |last3=Elsler |first3=Armin |last4=Benton |first4=Michael J. |date=July 2018 |title=Taxonomic reassessment of Clevosaurus latidens Fraser, 1993 (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) and rhynchocephalian phylogeny based on parsimony and Bayesian inference |journal=Journal of Paleontology |language=en |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=734–742 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2017.136 |issn=0022-3360|doi-access=free |hdl=1983/59126b60-16d8-46d2-b657-954693a39d4e |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Prehistoric reptile genera Category:Rhynchocephalia Category:Fossil taxa described in 1986