Genus: Kawasphenodon APESTEGUIA,
2005
Etymology: From Tehuelchean KAWAS, god of the seas; Greek, sphenos, "wedged" and Greel, odontos,
"tooth": In reference to the littoral sedments where it was found.
Species: expectatus APESTEGUIA, 2005
Etymology: Expectatus because,
as living today in New Zealand, sphenodontids where expected to occur in Patagonia
thorughout the Cretaceous, and this fact
prompted the re-examination of the fossil collections focusing on sphenodontids.
Holotype: MACN Pv RN1089
Locality: Estacia 'Los Alamitos', Rio Negro Province, northwestern Patogonia, Argentina.
Horizon: Los Alamitos Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: An incomplete left dentary of an adult.
Referred material:
MACN Pv RN 1099a: Fragment of ?left dentary.
MACN Pv RN1099b: Fragment of ?right dentary.
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Species: peligrensis APESTIGUIA, GOMEZ & ROUGIER, 2014
Etymology: In reference to the Punta Peligro locality, Chubut Province, Argentina, where the specimen was found.
Holotype: MPEF PV 1989
Locality: Punta Peligro Locality, nearly 27 km north of Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut PRovince, Argentina.
Horizon: 'Banco Negro inferior' (BNI, Uper part of teh Hansen Member, Salamanca Formation.
BiostratigrpahY: Peligran South American Land Mammal Age.
Age: Early Palaeocene Epoch, Early Paleogene Period, Tertiary Subera, Cenozoiz Era.
Material: Incomplete left lower jaw preserving 2 teeth.
Paratype:
MPEF PV 1990: Incomplete lower jaw preserving 4 teeth.