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| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Glyphoderma kangi'''''
| type_species_authority = Zhao ''et al.'', 2008
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'''''Glyphoderma''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[placodont]] reptile from the [[Middle Triassic]] of [[China]]. 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 |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=171–177 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369302050276.pdf}}</ref>
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