Reptilia - Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Alternative combination: Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri
Full reference: J. Seiffert. 1975. Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal. Contribuição para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória (Nova Série) 22:7-85
Belongs to Becklesius according to S. E. Evans and B. Searle 2002
See also Estes 1983 and Seiffert 1975
Sister taxa: Becklesius cataphractus, Becklesius nopcsai
Type specimen: Gui A.56, a mandible (dentary). Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Romania (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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