Biology:Barbatteiidae

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Short description: Extinct family of reptiles

Barbatteiidae
Temporal range: Maastrichtian 72–69 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Teiioidea
Family: Barbatteiidae
Codrea et al, 2017
Genera

Barbatteiidae is an extinct family of lizards, endemic to the paleoisland Hațeg Island in the Tethys Ocean during the final stages of the Cretaceous, In what is now Romania. It contains two monotypic genera, Barbatteius and Oardasaurus, alongside some indeterminate material. It appears to be closely related to modern teiids and the Early Cretaceous lizard genus Meyasaurus [1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q55639269 entry