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Gilmoreteius gilmorei

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Macrocephalosaurus gilmorei was named by Sulimski (1975). Its type specimen is ZPal MgR-III/18, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav I, Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Gilmoreteius gilmorei by Langer (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Macrocephalosaurus gilmorei Sulimski pp. 31, 33 figs. 5, 6, 14
1991Macrocephalosaurus gilmorei Gao and Fox
1998Gilmoreteius gilmorei Langer
2000Macrocephalosaurus gilmorei Alifanov p. 373
2000Macrocephalosaurus gilmorei Gao and Norell pp. 70-71

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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()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
genusGilmoreteius
speciesgilmorei()

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.

†Gilmoreteius gilmorei Sulimski 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Sulimski 1975Length of skulls not exceeding 80 mm. Sculpture of the roofing bones often developed in the form of delicate irregularly arranged tubercles. Jugal with posteroventral process developed as a tuber or outwardly, tilted, widened spur. Parietal foramen close to the fronto-parietal suture. Pleurodont dentition with well developed anterior canine-like teeth of the maxilla. Cheek tooth cutting edges with well developed denticles of iguanid type. Lower jaw massive, high, with much ventral angular swelling. Retroarticular process short, wide, sharply pointed.