Name:
Barbatteius.
Phonetic: Bar-bat-te-i-us.
Named By: M. Venczel & V. A. Codrea
- 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata,
Teiidae.
Species: B. vremiri (type).
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Roughly estimated to have been about 80
centimetres long.
Known locations: Romania - S�npetru Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Single skull.
Described from a well preserved skull, Barbatteius is a genus of teiid lizard that lived in Romania during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new teiid lizard from the Late Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin,
Romania and its � phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical
relationships. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. - M.
Venczel & V. A. Codrea - 2016.
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