Polyglyphanodon Gilmore 1940 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1940. New fossil lizards from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99(16):1-3

Parent taxon: Polyglyphanodontinae according to L. Xu et al. 2014

See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Gao and Fox 1991, Gilmore 1940, Gilmore 1942, Longrich et al. 2012, McCord 1998, Nydam 1999 and Sulimski 1975

Sister taxa: Adamisaurus, Bicuspidon, Cherminsaurus, Darchansaurus, Distortodon, Erdenetesaurus, Gilmoreteius, Gobinatus, Paraglyphanodon, Polyglyphanodontini, Sineoamphisbaena, Tchingisaurus, Tuberocephalosaurinae

Subtaxa: Polyglyphanodon sternbergi

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Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at South Dragon Canyon, "lizard locality" (Cretaceous of Utah)

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