Hispaniasaurus

Hispaniasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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,^[1] 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.