| Glyphoderma Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Placodontia |
| Family: | †Placochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Glyphoderma Zhao et al., 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Glyphoderma kangi Zhao et al., 2008
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Glyphoderma is an extinct genus of placodont reptile from the Middle Triassic of China with two known species, G. kangi and G. robusta. It differs from its relative Psephochelys in having three, rather than one, fused osteoderms on the posterior skull surface, and has an earlier temporal range, from the Ladinian epoch rather than the Late Triassic. Otherwise, it is similar in most respects to the other plachochelyids found in China. The name comes from the Greek 'γλυφος', 'sculpture' and 'δερμα', 'skin' referring to its unique carapace structure. The specific name honours a Mr. Kang Ximin.[2]
- ^ Jinyuan Hu; Tao Jiang; Zhiguang Li (2019). "A new species of Glyphoderma (Reptilia: Placodontia) of Middle Triassic from Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province, China". Journal of Geology. 43 (4): 595–598. Archived from the original on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ Zhao, L.-J.; Li, C.; Liu, J.; He, T. (2008). "A new armored placodont from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, Southwestern China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 46 (3): 171–177. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.