Barbatodon is a mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous period. It lived in Transylvania at the same time as some of the last dinosaurs and was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. It is within the suborder of Cimolodonta, and the family Kogaionidae. The genus Barbatodon was named by Constantin Rădulescu and Petre Mihai Samson in 1986.[1]
The primary species, Barbatodon transylvanicum, was also named by Rãdulescu and Samson. It was found in strata dating to the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of the Sânpetru Formation in Romania.
"Based on comparisons with the m1s from Vălioara, the holotype of Barbatodon is regarded as a kogaionid m1,"[2] Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) had it placed tentatively in the informal 'Paracimexomys group'.
A new species, B. oardaensis, has been announced in 2014.[3] The species has been discovered in Oarda de Jos, Hațeg Basin, Transylvania. It is characterized by M1 cusp formula 3:4:2 and is much smaller than the two other known species.
Most of Europe was covered by shallow seas during the Upper Cretaceous, which makes remains of terrestrial animals extremely rare. This location is one of the exceptions and the diversity of material is impressive.
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^Csiki Z & Grigorescu D, 2001, Fossil mammals from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin, Romania, 6th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Florence and Montevarchi (Italy), September 19–22, 2001, p.26.
^Codrea, V.A.; Solomon, A.A.; Venczel, M.; Smith, T. (2014). "A new kogaionid multituberculate mammal from the Maastrichtian of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 13 (6): 489–499. Bibcode:2014CRPal..13..489C. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.01.003.
Barbatodon is a mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous period. It lived in Transylvania at the same time as some of the last dinosaurs and was a member...
components include the kogaionid multituberculate mammals Kogaionon, Barbatodon, Litovoi tholocephalos, and Hainina, lizards such as the teiid Bicuspidon...
and shrews, at least some kogaionids had red, iron-pigmented enamel. In Barbatodon this distribution is more similar to that seen in shrews as opposed to...
Nesov 1992 Genus †Viridomys Fox 1971 Genus †Paracimexomys Archibald 1982 [Barbatodon Rãdulescu & Samson 1987] Genus †Cimexomys Sloan & Van Valen 1965 sensu...
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