Gilmoreteius

Gilmoreteius
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
G. chulsanensis skeleton, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Polyglyphanodontia
Genus: †Gilmoreteius
Langer, 1998
Species
  • G. chulsanensis
  • G. ferrugenous
  • G. gilmorei
  • G. sulimskii
Synonyms
  • Macrocephalosaurus

Gilmoreteius is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontian lizard from the Late Cretaceous period in Mongolia. It was probably herbivorous, possibly insectivorous. It was large for a polyglyphanodontian, with its skull being around 120 mm in length.

References

  1. 1 2 "A. Sulimski. 1975. Macrocephalosauridae and Polyglyphanodontidae (Sauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 33:25-102" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ↑ M. C. Langer. 1998. Gilmoreteiidae new family and Gilmoreteius new genus (Squamata, Scincomorpha): replacement names for Macrocephalosauridae Sulimski, 1975 and Macrocephalosaurus Gilmore, 1943. Comunicações do Museu Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS, Série Zoologia 11:13-18