Hispaniasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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
- 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.
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