Barbatteius

Barbatteius is an extinct genus of teiioid lizard represented by the type species Barbatteius vremiri from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. B. vremiri was named in 2016 on the basis of a well preserved skull from the Haţeg Basin and differs from other teiids in having more prominent osteoderms covering the skull roof. It is also large for a teiid, with an estimated total body length of 80 centimetres (31 in). Barbatteius lived on Haţeg Island during the early Maastrichtian stage and was part of an isolated island fauna. However, its close affinities with teiids from Gondwana and its co-occurrence with paramacellodid and borioteiioid lizards from Euramerica suggests that Haţeg Island was colonized by lizards multiple times from many different areas of the world.[1]

Barbatteius
Temporal range: Maastrichtian, 69 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: †Barbatteiidae
Genus: †Barbatteius
Venczel and Codrea, 2016
Type species
†Barbatteius vremiri
Venczel and Codrea, 2016

References
  1. Venczel, M.; Codrea, V.A. (2016). "A new teiid lizard from the Late Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania and its phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (3): 219–237. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1025869.
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