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.