Glyptosaurinae

Glyptosaurinae
Temporal range:
Fossil of the glyptosaurine Helodermoides tuberculatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Glyptosaurinae
Marsh, 1872
Subgroups
  • Odaxosaurus
  • Paraplacosauriops
  • Peltosaurus
  • Proxestops
  • Xestops
  • Glyptosaurini
  • Melanosaurini
    • Arpadosaurus
    • Melanosaurus

Glyptosaurinae is an extinct subfamily of anguid lizards that lived in the Northern Hemisphere during the Late Cretaceous and the Paleogene.

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