Hispaniasaurus
Hispaniasaurus is a genus of extinct marine reptiles with nothosauroid affinities. It lived during the middle Triassic in Spain.
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| Genus: | Hispaniasaurus |
| Species: | H. cranioelongatus |
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| Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus Marquez-Aliaga et al., 2017 | |
Discovery and naming
The holotype specimen, part of a cranium was found in the Cañete Formation in Spain. The type species, Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus,[1] was named in 2017 by Ana Marquez-Aliaga, Nicole Klein, Matías Reolid, Pablo Plasencia, José A. Villena and Carlos Martinez-Perez.
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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. Online edition: 1. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1359264.
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