Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Alternative spelling: Glyptosauridae
Synonyms: Placosauridae Gervais , Placosaurinae Gervais
Parent taxon: Anguidae according to R. M. Sullivan 1986
See also Conrad 2004, Estes 1983, Hay 1902, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Smith 2006 and Stocker and Kirk 2016
Sister taxa: Anguinae, Anniellinae, Bainguis, Barisia, Diploglossinae, Elgaria, Gerrhonotinae, Machaerosaurus, Odaxosaurinae, Odaxosaurus, Ophisauromimus, Rajaurisaurus, Xestops lentus, Xestops microdus, Xestops minutus, Xestops piercei
Subtaxa: Arpadosaurus Diacium quinquepedale Eoglyptosaurus Glyptosaurini Glyptosaurus Helodermoides Melanosaurini Melanosaurus Paraglyptosaurus Placosaurus Proxestops Sullivania Xestops
Type: Glyptosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Mongolia (2), United States (6: Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (3), France (28), Germany (3), Portugal (1), Spain (7), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (161: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (15: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (17: Montana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 254 collections including 337 occurrences