Barbatus (L) ‘bearded’ + rex, ‘king’, referring to the presence of ventral ridges along the mandible and giant size of the taxon.
Full reference: J. J. Head, G. F. Gunnell, P. A. Holroyd, J. H. Hutchison, and R. L. Ciochon. 2013. Giant lizards occupied herbivorous mammalian ecospace during the Paleogene greenhouse in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1763):1-7
Parent taxon: Acrodonta according to J. J. Head et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Agama sinensis, Agamidae, Bharatagama, Chamaeleonidae, Gueragama, Pachyglossa, Qianshanosaurus, Tikiguania, Tikiguania estesi, Tinosaurus, Xianglong
Subtaxa: Barbaturex morrisoni
Type: Barbaturex morrisoni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Myanmar (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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