Barbaridactylus is a nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It was published in 2018 by paleontologists Nicholas R. Longrich, David M. Martill, and Brian Andres. In the same publication, 2 other nyctosaurids from the same basin were described: Alcione and Simurghia. The type and only species is B. grandis.
Barbaridactylus lived alongside other pterosaurs such as Alcione, Tethydraco and Phosphatodraco. It also appeared in the TV series documentary Prehistoric Planet.
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See: Barbaridatylus/JW: E2
Barbaridatylus is added in the Late Cretaceous pack of Jurassic World Evolution 2 on September 15, 2022.
