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Taxonomy
Glyptosaurinae was named by Marsh (1872). Its type is Glyptosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Sullivan (1986).
It was synonymized subjectively with Anguidae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Placosauridae by Kuhn (1946).
It was assigned to Anguinidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Anguidae by Kuhn (1966), Estes (1983), Sullivan (1986), Conrad (2004), Smith (2006), Stocker and Kirk (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Anguidae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Placosauridae by Kuhn (1946).
It was assigned to Anguinidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Anguidae by Kuhn (1966), Estes (1983), Sullivan (1986), Conrad (2004), Smith (2006), Stocker and Kirk (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Glyptosaurinae Marsh |
| 1873 | Diacium quinquepedale Cope |
| 1873 | Diacium quinquepedalis Cope p. 17 |
| 1874 | Diacium quinquepedale Cope |
| 1902 | Diacium quinquepedale Hay p. 477 |
| 1930 | Diacium quinquepedale Hay p. 256 |
| 1946 | Placosauridae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1954 | Glyptosaurinae McDowell and Bogert p. 130 |
| 1966 | Glyptosaurinae Kuhn p. 54 |
| 1983 | Glyptosaurinae Estes |
| 1986 | Glyptosaurinae Sullivan p. 110 |
| 2004 | Glyptosaurinae Conrad |
| 2006 | Glyptosaurinae Smith p. 5 |
| 2016 | Glyptosaurinae Stocker and Kirk |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Glyptosaurinae Marsh 1872
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G. †Arpadosaurus Meszoely 1970
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†Arpadosaurus gazinorum Meszoely 1970
†Arpadosaurus sepulchralis Smith and Gauthier 2013
G. †Eoglyptosaurus Sullivan 1979
Tr. †Glyptosaurini Sullivan 1979
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G. †Glyptosaurus Marsh 1871
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†Glyptosaurus agmodon Smith and Gauthier 2013
†Glyptosaurus rhodinos Smith 2011
†Glyptosaurus sylvestris Marsh 1871
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Invalid names: Glyptosaurus brevidens Marsh 1872 [synonym], Glyptosaurus donohoei White 1952 [synonym], Glyptosaurus nodosus Marsh 1871 [synonym], Glyptosaurus ocellatus Marsh 1871 [synonym], Glyptosaurus princeps Marsh 1872 [synonym], Glyptosaurus rugosus Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Invalid names: Glyptosaurus obtusidens Loomis 1907 [nomen dubium], Glyptosaurus sphenodon Marsh 1872 [nomen dubium]
G. †Helodermoides Douglass 1903
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†Helodermoides tuberculatus Douglass 1903
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Invalid names: Glyptosaurus giganteus Gilmore 1928 [synonym], Glyptosaurus montanus Douglass 1908 [synonym]
Tr. †Melanosaurini Sullivan 1979
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G. †Placosauriops Kuhn 1940
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†Placosauriops weigelti Kuhn 1940
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Invalid names: Placosauroides abderhaldeni Meszoely et al. 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Placosauroides Kuhn 1940 [synonym]
G. †Placosaurus Gervais 1852
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†Placosaurus estesi Sullivan and Augé 2006
†Placosaurus mongoliensis Sullivan 1979
†Placosaurus ragei Sullivan et al. 2012
†Placosaurus rugosus Gervais 1852
Invalid names: Placosaurus cayluxi De Stefano 1903 [nomen dubium], Placosaurus europaeus Filhol 1876 [nomen dubium], Placosaurus galliae Filhol 1894 [nomen dubium], Placosaurus gaudryi De Stefano 1903 [nomen dubium], Placosaurus margariticeps Gervais 1876 [nomen dubium], Placosaurus waltheri Weigelt 1929 [nomen dubium]
G. †Proxestops Gauthier 1982
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†Proxestops silberlingii Gilmore 1938
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Invalid names: Proxestops gastrodon Bartels 1988 [synonym], Proxestops jepseni Gilmore 1942 [synonym], Proxestops jepsoni Gauthier 1982 [synonym]
G. †Sullivania Čerňanský et al. 2023
G. †Xestops Cope 1873
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†Xestops savagei Smith and Gauthier 2013
Invalid names: Dimetopisaurus Hecht 1959 [synonym], Oreosaurus Marsh 1872 [replaced]
Invalid names: Diacium quinquepedale Cope 1874 [nomen dubium], Placosaurinae Gervais [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954 | Head with numerous irregular polygonal osteoderms; frontal forming a fairly extensive orbital roof; osteoderms and lateral fold as in the Gerrhontinae. |