Reptilia - Squamata - Teiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 199120

Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1991. New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(2):145-162

Parent taxon: Teiidae according to K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox 1996

Sister taxa: Alethesaurus quadratus, Alopoglossus, Amapasaurus, Anotosaura, Brevisaurus, Callopistinae, Cercosaura, Colobosaura, Colobosauroides, Conicodontosaurus, Crocodilurus, Echinosaura, Gerontoseps, Harmodontosaurus, Iguanavus exilis, Iguanavus teres, Iphisa, Kentropyx, Lanceosaurus compressus, Lanceosaurus hatcheri, Meyasaurus, Pantodactylus, Proctoporus, Ptilotodon, Sphenosiagon, Teiinae, Teiini, Teius, Tupinambinae

Subtaxa: Glyptogenys ornata

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Type: Glyptogenys ornata

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore