Hispaniasaurus

Hispaniasaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Nothosauroidea
Genus:
†Hispaniasaurus

Marquez-Aliaga et al., 2017
Type species
†Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus
Marquez-Aliaga et al., 2017

Hispaniasaurus is a genus of extinct marine reptiles with nothosauroid affinities. It lived during the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) in Spain. The type species, Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus, was named in 2017. The holotype specimen, part of a cranium was found in the Cañete Formation.

References

  1. ↑ Ana Marquez-Aliaga; Nicole Klein; Matías Reolid; Pablo Plasencia; José A. Villena; Carlos Martinez-Perez (2017). "An enigmatic marine reptile, Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus (gen. et sp. nov.) with nothosauroid affinities from the Ladinian of the Iberian Range (Spain)". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 31 (2): 223–233. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1359264. S2CID 89688730.