Becklesius is an extinct genus of Paramacellodid lizard known from the Late Jurassic to Late 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 the Barremian aged sediments of the Una locality, part of the La Huérguina Formation, Spain. A third species, B. nopcsai is known from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Sânpetru Formation of Romania.[1]

Becklesius
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous Kimmeridgian–Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Paramacellodidae
Genus: Becklesius
Estes, 1983
Type species
Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri
Seiffert, 1975
Other species

Becklesius cataphractus Richter, 1994 Becklesius nopcsai Folie and Codrea 2005

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Becklesius". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.