Barbatodon

Name: Barbatodon.
Phonetic: Bar-bat-o-don.
Named By: C.‭ ‬Radulesco‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Samson‭ ‬-‭ ‬1987.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Multituberculata,‭ ‬Kogaionidae.
Species: B.‭ ‬transylvanicum‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬oardaensis, B. ungureanui.
Diet: Herbivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Romania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sânpetru Formation,‭ ‬Sard Formation,‭ ‬Sebes Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a few individuals.

       Barbatodon is a genus of mammal that lived in Europe during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Précisions sur les affinités des Multituberculés‭ (‬Mammalia‭) ‬du Crétacé Supérieur de Roumanie‭ [‬Precise details on the affinities of the multituberculates‭ (‬Mammalia‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania‭]‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris,‭ ‬Série II‭ ‬304‭(‬1‭)‬:1825-1830.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Radulesco‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Samson‭ ‬-‭ ‬1987.
-‭ ‬A new kogaionid multituberculate mammal from the Maastrichtian of the Transylvanian Basin,‭ ‬Romania.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Comptes Rendus Palevol‭ ‬13‭(‬6‭)‬:489-499.‭ ‬-‭ ‬V.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Codrea,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Solomon,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Venczel‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Smith‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.



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