Sphenofontis
| Sphenofontis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eusphenodontia |
| Clade: | Neosphenodontia |
| Family: | Sphenodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenodontinae |
| Genus: | †Sphenofontis Villa et al. 2021 |
| Type species | |
| †Sphenofontis velserae Villa et al. 2021
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Sphenofontis is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile known from the Late Jurassic of Germany, with a single known species, S. velserae. It is known from a single nearly complete and articulated sub-adult specimen (SNSB-BSPG 1993 XVIII 4), found in the late Kimmeridgian aged Torleite Formation in Brunn quarry in Bavaria, Southern Germany. It is thought to be a close relative of the living tuatara (Sphenodon puncatus), tentatively referred to Sphenodontinae.