Glyptosaurini Sullivan, 1979

Conrad, J. L., 2008, Phylogeny And Systematics Of Squamata (Reptilia) Based On Morphology, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2008 (310), pp. 1-182 : 118

Glyptosaurini Sullivan, 1979

(figs. 54D, 55D)

DEFINITION: All taxa sharing a more recent common ancestor with Glyptosaurus sylvestris than with Melanosaurus maximus .

DIAGNOSIS: This clade is diagnosed by 50(1) dermal rugosities on the postorbital process of the jugal, 80(1) short parietal supratemporal processes (see character description above), 298(1) small and irregularly shaped cephalic scales and 310(2) osteoderms thickened and expressed as polygonal mounds.