†Becklesius Estes 1983 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Full reference: R. Estes. 1983. Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A:1-249
Parent taxon: Paramacellodidae according to S. E. Evans and D. C. Chure 1998
See also Carroll 1988 and Estes 1983
Sister taxa: Atokasaurus, Hypostylos, Ilekia, Mimobecklesisaurus, Naimanosaurus, Neokotus, Paramacellodus, Saurillodon, Saurillus, Sciroseps, Sharovisaurus
Subtaxa: Becklesius cataphractus Becklesius hoffstetteri Becklesius nopcsai
Type: Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Romania (2 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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