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| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Glyphoderma kangi'''''

| type_species_authority = Zhao ''et al.'', 2008

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

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*{{extinct}}''G. robusta'' <small>Hu, Jiang & Li, 2019</small><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jinyuan Hu |author2=Tao Jiang |author3=Zhiguang Li |year=2019 |title=A new species of ''Glyphoderma'' (Reptilia: Placodontia) of Middle Triassic from Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province, China |journal=Journal of Geology |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=595–598 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfq&QueryID=11&CurRec=8&filename=JSDZ201904008&dbname=CJFDLAST2020 |access-date=2020-05-03 |archive-date=2020-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913000918/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfq&QueryID=11&CurRec=8&filename=JSDZ201904008&dbname=CJFDLAST2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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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 [[osteoderm]]s 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 [[Placochelyidae|plachochelyids]] found in China. The name comes from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] 'γλυφος', 'sculpture' and 'δερμα', 'skin' referring to its unique carapace structure. The specific name honours a Mr. Kang Ximin.<ref name="ZLLH08">{{cite journal |last=Zhao |first=L.-J. |author2=Li, C. |author3=Liu, J. |author4= He, T. |year=2008 |title=A new armored placodont from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, Southwestern China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369302050276.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=171–177 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233554/http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369302050276.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Discovery and naming==

The [[holotype]] of ''G. kangi'', an almost complete skeleton, was found in 2008 in Fuyuan, [[Yunnan Province, Republic of China|Yunnan Province]] of central China in the Falan[[Zhuganpo Formation]]. It is preserved in a thick block of [[limestone]], and so the ventral side is not well known. The total length is 873&nbsp;mm.<ref name="ZLLH08" />

Su et al. (2025) described two new specimens of ''Glyphoderma kangi'', providing new information on the anatomy of the studied placodont.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Su |first1=C. X. |last2=Gu |first2=S.-L. |last3=Jiang |first3=D.-Y. |last4=Motani |first4=R. |last5=Rieppel |first5=O. |last6=Tintori |first6=A. |last7=Zhou |first7=M. |last8=Sun |first8=Z.-Y. |year=2025 |title=Two new specimens of ''Glyphoderma kangi'' (Placodontia, Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from the Middle Triassic of South China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=3 |at=e2439530 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2439530}}</ref>

== Features ==

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[[Category:Middle Triassic reptiles of Asia]]

[[Category:PlacodontsPlacodontia]]

[[Category:Sauropterygian genera]]