Becklesius

Becklesius is an extinct genus of Paramacellodid lizard known from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe, the type species, B. hoffstetteri is known from Kimmeridgian aged sediments of the Alcobaça Formation in Portugal. An indeterminate species is known from Berriasian aged sediments of the Lulworth Formation in the UK. Another species B. cataphractus is known from Barremian aged sediments of the Una locality, part of the La Huérguina Formation, Spain.[1]

Becklesius
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Kimmeridgian–Barremian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: †Paramacellodidae
Genus: †Becklesius
Estes, 1983
Type species
†Becklesius hoffstetteri
Seiffert, 1975
Other species

†Becklesius cataphractus Richter, 1994

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Becklesius". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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