| Glyptogenys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | †Glyptogenys Gao & Fox, 1991 |
| Species: | †G. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Glyptogenys ornata Gao & Fox, 1991
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Glyptogenys is a genus of extinct teiid lizard described by Gao and Fox in 1991. It is known from one subtaxa, which is Glyptogenys ornata. It is inferred to be a ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore, which is based on Teiidae, and lived in the Cretaceous of Canada.[1]
- ^ "Fossilworks: Glyptogenys". www.fossilworks.org.