Geiseltaliellus is very similar in appearance to modern corytophanid lizards of the genus Corytophanes and Basiliscus. One species, G. maarius, even possesses a prominent crest on its head like that of Basiliscus. Well-preserved specimens of Geiseltaliellus shows that it had a similar scale pattern to living corytophanids, with large scales covering the top of the skull, smaller overlapping scales covering most of the body, and wide scales covering the toes. The tail of Geiseltaliellus is very long; although corytophanids are known to have long tails in comparison to other lizards, the tail of Geiseltaliellus is proportionally much longer than those of most other corytophanids, being two to three times the length of the rest of the body. The limbs are proportioned similarly to those of liv
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| - Geiseltaliellus is very similar in appearance to modern corytophanid lizards of the genus Corytophanes and Basiliscus. One species, G. maarius, even possesses a prominent crest on its head like that of Basiliscus. Well-preserved specimens of Geiseltaliellus shows that it had a similar scale pattern to living corytophanids, with large scales covering the top of the skull, smaller overlapping scales covering most of the body, and wide scales covering the toes. The tail of Geiseltaliellus is very long; although corytophanids are known to have long tails in comparison to other lizards, the tail of Geiseltaliellus is proportionally much longer than those of most other corytophanids, being two to three times the length of the rest of the body. The limbs are proportioned similarly to those of liv
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| - Geiseltaliellus is very similar in appearance to modern corytophanid lizards of the genus Corytophanes and Basiliscus. One species, G. maarius, even possesses a prominent crest on its head like that of Basiliscus. Well-preserved specimens of Geiseltaliellus shows that it had a similar scale pattern to living corytophanids, with large scales covering the top of the skull, smaller overlapping scales covering most of the body, and wide scales covering the toes. The tail of Geiseltaliellus is very long; although corytophanids are known to have long tails in comparison to other lizards, the tail of Geiseltaliellus is proportionally much longer than those of most other corytophanids, being two to three times the length of the rest of the body. The limbs are proportioned similarly to those of living corytophanids in that the hind limbs are long and the forelimbs are short, adaptations that may have made Geiseltaliellus an effective jumper and sprinter like the living Basiliscus.
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