Glyptosaurinae
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Glyptosaurinae is an extinct subfamily of heavily armored lizards known from the Paleogene of North America and Europe, characterized by their distinctive osteoderm-covered bodies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glyptosaurinae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21858171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glyptosaurinae Context triple: [Anguimorpha, containsTaxon, Glyptosaurinae]
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A.
Dryosauridae
Dryosauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, fast-running herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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B.
Dilophosauridae
Dilophosauridae is a family of early Jurassic theropod dinosaurs characterized by lightly built, bipedal predators with distinctive cranial crests.
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C.
Metriacanthosauridae
Metriacanthosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs known for their moderately tall neural spines and mid-to-late Jurassic to early Cretaceous fossil record, primarily in Asia and Europe.
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D.
Heterodontosauridae
Heterodontosauridae is a family of small, early ornithischian dinosaurs characterized by their distinctive, varied teeth and often herbivorous or omnivorous diets.
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E.
Saltasauridae
Saltasauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, heavily armored titanosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous and characterized by bony plates (osteoderms) embedded in their skin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glyptosaurinae Target entity description: Glyptosaurinae is an extinct subfamily of heavily armored lizards known from the Paleogene of North America and Europe, characterized by their distinctive osteoderm-covered bodies.
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A.
Dryosauridae
Dryosauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, fast-running herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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B.
Dilophosauridae
Dilophosauridae is a family of early Jurassic theropod dinosaurs characterized by lightly built, bipedal predators with distinctive cranial crests.
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C.
Metriacanthosauridae
Metriacanthosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs known for their moderately tall neural spines and mid-to-late Jurassic to early Cretaceous fossil record, primarily in Asia and Europe.
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D.
Heterodontosauridae
Heterodontosauridae is a family of small, early ornithischian dinosaurs characterized by their distinctive, varied teeth and often herbivorous or omnivorous diets.
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E.
Saltasauridae
Saltasauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, heavily armored titanosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous and characterized by bony plates (osteoderms) embedded in their skin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.