Glyphoderma kangi Zhao et al. 2008 (placodont)

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placochelyidae

Full reference: L.-J. Zhao, C. Li, J. Liu and T. He. 2008. A new armored placodont from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46:171-177

Belongs to Glyphoderma according to L.-J. Zhao et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZMNH M 8729, a skeleton. Its type locality is Fuyuan, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fuyuan

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