Reptilia - Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae
Synonym: Macrocephalosaurus Gilmore 1943 [replaced name]
Full reference: M. C. Langer. 1998. Gilmoreteiidae new family and Gilmoreteius new genus (Squamata, Scincomorpha): replacement names for Macrocephalosauridae Sulimski, 1975 and Macrocephalosaurus Gilmore, 1943. Comunicações do Museu Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS, Série Zoologia 11:13-18
Parent taxon: Polyglyphanodontinae according to L. Xu et al. 2014
See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Benson 2011, Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Gao and Fox 1991, Gao and Norell 2000, Gilmore 1943, Langer 1998 and Sulimski 1975
Sister taxa: Adamisaurus, Bicuspidon, Cherminsaurus, Darchansaurus, Distortodon, Erdenetesaurus, Gobinatus, Paraglyphanodon, Polyglyphanodon, Polyglyphanodontini, Sineoamphisbaena, Tchingisaurus, Tuberocephalosaurinae
Subtaxa: Gilmoreteius chulsanensis Gilmoreteius ferrugenous Gilmoreteius gilmorei Macrocephalosaurus sulimskii
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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