Gephyrosauridae

Gephyrosauridae is an extinct family of rhynchocephalians that lived in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic.^[1] They are generally considered to be rhynchocephalians that lie outside of Sphenodontia, but in some analyses they are recovered as more closely related to squamates than to sphenodontians.^[3]

Gephyrosauridae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic, 201.5–195 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of the skull of Gephyrosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Rhynchocephalia
Family:	†Gephyrosauridae Evans, 1980
Type species
†Gephyrosaurus bridensis Evans, 1980
Genera
†Deltadectes Whiteside, Duffin, & Furrer, 2017 †Gephyrosaurus Evans, 1980[1] †Penegephyrosaurus Whiteside & Duffin, 2017[2]

Distribution

Members of Gephyrosauridae are known from the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.^[1]