Sphenocondor

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Sphenocondor | fossil_range = <br>Middle Toarcian<br/>~{{fossilrange|179.17|178.07}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fantasia |first1=A. |last2=Föllmi |first2=K. B. |last3=Adatte |first3=T. |last4=Spangenberg |first4=J. E. |last5=Schoene |first5=B. |last6=Barker |first6=R. T. |last7=Scasso |first7=R. A. |title=Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina |journal=Gondwana Research |date=2021 |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=47–65 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001 |bibcode=2021GondR..89...47F |s2cid=225120452 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20302562 |access-date=27 August 2021|url-access=subscription |hdl=11336/175817 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pol |first1=D. |last2=Gomez |first2=K. |last3=Holwerda |first3=F. M. |last4=Rauhut |first4=O. W. |last5=Carballido |first5=J. L. |title=Sauropods from the Early Jurassic of South America and the Radiation of Eusauropoda |journal=South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs |date=2022 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=131–163 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3_4 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3_4 |access-date=2 May 2022|url-access=subscription |hdl=11336/192357 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> | authority = Apesteguía ''et al.'' 2012 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Sphenocondor gracilis''''' | type_species_authority = Apesteguía ''et al.'' 2012 }}

'''''Sphenocondor''''' is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. It is known from a nearly complete lower jaw.<ref name=AGR12>{{Cite journal | last1 = Apesteguía | first1 = S. N. | last2 = Gómez | first2 = R. L. O. | last3 = Rougier | first3 = G. W. | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00837.x | title = A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the phylogeny and biogeography of Gondwanan rhynchocephalians | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 166 | issue = 2 | pages = 342 | year = 2012 | doi-access = free | hdl = 20.500.12110/paper_00244082_v166_n2_p342_Apesteguia | hdl-access = free }}</ref>

== Phylogeny == A phylogenetic analysis performed by Apestiguia et al. (2012) resulted in the following tree which shows the relationship of ''Sphenocondor'' to other rhynchocephalians:

{{clade| style=font-size:90%;line-height:85% |1={{clade |1=''Youngina'' |2=''Pristidactylus'' |3=''Gephyrosaurus'' |label4=Sphenodontia |4={{clade |1=''Diphydontosaurus'' |2={{clade |1=''Planocephalosaurus'' |2={{clade |1=''Rebbanasaurus'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1='''''Sphenocondor''''' |2=''Godavarisaurus''}} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Clevosaurus'' |2=''Brachyrhinodon''}} |2={{clade |1=''Palaeopleurosaurus'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Sapheosaurus'' |2=''Kallimodon''}} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Theretairus'' |2=''Sphenovipera''}} |2={{clade |1=''Homoeosaurus'' |2=''Zapatadon'' |3=''Cynosphenodon'' |4=''Sphenodon'' |5=''Ankylosphenodon'' |label6=Opisthodontia |6={{clade |1=''Kawasphenodon'' |2=''Opisthias'' |3={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Kaikaifilusaurus'' |2=''Eilenodon'' |3=''Toxolophosaurus'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

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Category:Prehistoric reptile genera Category:Jurassic lepidosaurs Category:Middle Jurassic reptiles of South America Category:Cañadón Asfalto Formation Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012 Category:Jurassic Argentina