Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae

Alternative combination: Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1943. Fossil lizards of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(4):361-384

Belongs to Gilmoreteius according to M. C. Langer 1998

See also Alifanov 2000, Estes 1983, Gao and Fox 1991, Gao and Norell 2000 and Sulimski 1975

Sister taxa: Gilmoreteius chulsanensis, Gilmoreteius gilmorei, Macrocephalosaurus sulimskii

Type specimen: AMNH 6520, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skull and part of the right ramus). Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.