Hispaniasaurus
Name:
Hispaniasaurus.
Phonetic: His-pan-e-ah-sor-us.
Named By: A. Marquez-Aliaga, N. Klein, M.
Reolid, P. Plasencia, J. A. Villena & C.
Martinez-Perez - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Sauropterygia, Nothosauroidea.
Species: H. cranioelongatus
(type).
Diet: Uncertain/Piscivore?
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Spain - Ca�ete Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial cranium
Hispaniasaurus
is a genus of possible nothosaur
that lived in Spain during the mid
Triassic.
Further reading
- An enigmatic marine reptile, Hispaniasaurus
cranioelongatus
(gen. et sp. nov.) with nothosauroid affinities from the
Ladinian of the Iberian Range (Spain). - Historical Biology
1-11. - A. Marquez-Aliaga, N. Klein, M. Reolid, P.
Plasencia, J. A. Villena & C. Martinez-Perez -
2017.
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