Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae
Alternative combination: Helodermoides mongoliensis
Full reference: R. M. Sullivan. 1979. Revision of the Paleogene genus Glyptosaurus (Reptilia, Anguidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163(1):1-72
Belongs to Stenoplacosaurus according to R. M. Sullivan and L. Dong 2018
See also Augé 2005, Estes 1983, Sullivan 1979 and Sullivan and Augé 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 6669 (left frontal). Its type locality is Near Baron Sog, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Shara Murum Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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