Glyptosaurus Marsh 1871 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. A communication on some new reptiles and fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1871:103-105

Parent taxon: Glyptosaurinae according to R. M. Sullivan 1986

See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Galbreath 1953, Gilmore 1915, Gilmore 1938, Gilmore 1943, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1873, Marsh 1871, McDowell and Bogert 1954 and Sullivan 1979

Sister taxa: Arpadosaurus, Diacium quinquepedale, Eoglyptosaurus, Glyptosaurini, Helodermoides, Melanosaurini, Melanosaurus, Paraglyptosaurus, Placosaurus, Proxestops, Sullivania, Xestops

Subtaxa: Glyptosaurus agmodon Glyptosaurus obtusidens Glyptosaurus rhodinos Glyptosaurus sphenodon Glyptosaurus sylvestris

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Type: Glyptosaurus sylvestris

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Colorado collection)

• Eocene of Germany (1), United States (50: Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 52 collections including 65 occurrences

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