Entity:

Authorship

Original name	:			Lydekker, 1888.
Subsequent name & rank	:			Carroll, 1985.

Types

Type

Sphenodon (Genus) Gray, 1831

Former rank

Sphenodontida (Suborder) Carroll, 1985

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 395. [inferred]

Senior synonym	:	*Rhynchocephalia* (Order) Günther, 1867	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 439 [Benton, 2005: 395]. [indirect]
Synonymous name	:	*Rhynchocephalia* (Order) Günther, 1867	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 52). [inferred]
In	:	*Rhynchocephalia* (Order) Günther, 1867	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 439. [inferred]