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Helodermoides

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Helodermoides was named by Douglass (1903). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptosaurus by Hay (1930) and McDowell and Bogert (1954).

It was assigned to Reptilia by Douglass (1903); to Glyptosaurini by Estes (1983); to Anguidae by Carroll (1988) and Maddox and Wall (1998); and to Glyptosaurinae by Sullivan (1986) and Smith (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Helodermoides Douglass p. 160
1983Helodermoides Estes
1986Helodermoides Sullivan p. 110
1988Helodermoides Carroll
1998Helodermoides Maddox and Wall p. 5
2006Helodermoides Smith p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
genusHelodermoides

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Head 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Orellan or 46.20000 to 33.30000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) H. sp. (16654 222799)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) H. tuberculatus (17010 181606 181607) H. tuberculatus, Glyptosaurus montanus (16990)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) H. tuberculatus (16920 16961 16963 16964 16971 181578 181579 181597 181598 181601 181602 181604 181608 181612 181613 232899 232921)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) H. tuberculatus (181603 181605 181614)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) H. sp. (16991)
Middle Chadronian - Late/Upper Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) H. sp. (27223)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Glyptosaurus giganteus (180388) H. tuberculatus (125185)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Glyptosaurus giganteus (180112) H. tuberculatus (17203 179967)