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Sphenodontidae

family of reptiles (Reptilia)
Taxon Q3493224
Sphenodontidae
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Endemic to
New Zealand[5]
Parent taxon
Rhynchocephalia, Sphenodontia[3][4]
Start time
-176000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
Taxon name
Sphenodontidae[6]
Taxon rank
family[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sphenodontidae ar طراطرات el Σφηνοδοντίδαι he ספנודוניים hu Hidasgyíkfélék ko 옛도마뱀과 pl Hatterie pl Hatteriowate pl Sphenodontidae pl Tuatary th วงศ์ทัวทารา zh 楔齿蜥科
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ADW taxon ID
Sphenodontidae
BOLD Systems taxon ID
1723
Catalogue of Life ID
CF5T4
EPPO Code
1SPHNF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1737
Fossilworks taxon ID
37812
Freebase ID
/m/039xhy
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5684
INaturalist taxon ID
26164
IRMNG ID
104181
ITIS TSN
202130
J9U entity ID
987007292750505171
Show all 19 identifiers +7
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778347598
NCBI taxonomy ID
8506
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
f4156ced-b698-4cf8-a35d-91e3db11e885
Open Tree of Life ID
35887
Topic's main category
Category:Sphenodontidae
UMLS CUI
C0999080
Yale LUX ID
concept/2ccb9c70-d4e7-4c31-ae16-a04974c9b4c5

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 7
tuatara, Clevosaurus, Homoeosaurus, Oenosaurus, Priosphenodon, Brachyrhinodon, Planocephalosaurus
Parent taxon 2
Rhynchocephalia, Sphenodontia
Endemic to 1
New Zealand
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Sphenodontidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Sphenodontidae
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Summary

Sphenodontidae is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

New Zealand

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Rhynchocephalia, Sphenodontia
    Endemic to → New Zealand
    Topic's main category → Category:Sphenodontidae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007292750505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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