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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:family
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Reptilia
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gptkbp:closestLivingRelatives
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gptkb:Squamata
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gptkbp:commonName
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tuatara family
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gptkbp:conservationStatus
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endangered (for extant species)
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gptkbp:containsGenus
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gptkb:Sphenodon
gptkb:Clevosaurus
gptkb:Homoeosaurus
gptkb:Pleurosaurus
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gptkbp:describedBy
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gptkb:Edward_Drinker_Cope
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gptkbp:describedYear
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1864
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gptkbp:diet
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carnivorous
insectivorous
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gptkbp:distinctFrom
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snakes
lizards
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gptkbp:distribution
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gptkb:New_Zealand
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gptkbp:ecologicalRole
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insect control
predator
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gptkbp:extantSpecies
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gptkb:Sphenodon_punctatus
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gptkbp:features
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parietal eye
acrodont dentition
diapsid skull
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gptkbp:fossilRange
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Late Triassic to present
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gptkbp:habitat
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islands of New Zealand
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sphenodontidae
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gptkbp:kingdom
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gptkb:Animalia
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gptkbp:lifespan
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over 100 years (for tuatara)
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gptkbp:notableSpecies
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gptkb:Sphenodon_punctatus
gptkb:Sphenodon_guntheri
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gptkbp:numberOfExtinctSpecies
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dozens (fossil record)
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gptkbp:numberOfSpecies
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2
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gptkbp:order
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gptkb:Rhynchocephalia
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gptkbp:phylogeneticSignificance
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living fossil
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gptkbp:phylum
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gptkb:Chordata
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gptkbp:reproduction
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oviparous
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Sphenodontia
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gptkbp:taxonRank
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gptkb:family
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gptkbp:typeSpecies
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gptkb:Sphenodon
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:tuataras
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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