Pelecymala Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Genus: | †Pelecymala Fraser, 1986 |
Species: | †P. robustus
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Binomial name | |
†Pelecymala robustus Fraser, 1986
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Pelecymala is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile that lived in southwest England during the Triassic period.[1][2] It has been recovered in recent studies as a primitive member of the group.[3]