Tuatara. (9400351882)
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Description: New Zealand’s endemic tuatara is a very unusual animal. They are the only living representative of a group of reptiles known as Rhynchocephalia (sometimes known in the past as Sphenodontia) that first appeared over 200 million years ago. They are not lizards!. Date: 4 May 2010, 14:30. Source: Tuatara.. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location46° 24′ 18.55″ S, 168° 21′ 13.2″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-46.405152; 168.353666.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Lepidosauromorpha
- Lepidosauria (lepidosaur)
- Rhynchocephalia (tuataras)
- Sphenodontidae (tuataras)
- Sphenodon (Tuatara)
- Sphenodon punctatus (Cook Strait Tuatara)
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