Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. A communication on some new reptiles and fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1871:103-105
Parent taxon: Glyptosaurinae according to R. M. Sullivan 1986
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Galbreath 1953, Gilmore 1915, Gilmore 1938, Gilmore 1943, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1873, Marsh 1871, McDowell and Bogert 1954 and Sullivan 1979
Sister taxa: Arpadosaurus, Diacium quinquepedale, Eoglyptosaurus, Glyptosaurini, Helodermoides, Melanosaurini, Melanosaurus, Paraglyptosaurus, Placosaurus, Proxestops, Sullivania, Xestops
Subtaxa: Glyptosaurus agmodon Glyptosaurus obtusidens Glyptosaurus rhodinos Glyptosaurus sphenodon Glyptosaurus sylvestris
Type: Glyptosaurus sylvestris
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Eocene of Germany (1), United States (50: Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 52 collections including 65 occurrences
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