Hispaniasaurus cranioelongatus Marquez-Aliaga et al. 2017 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Full reference: A. Marquez-Aliaga, N. Klein, M. Reolid, P. Plasencia, J. A. Villena and C. 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 1-11

Belongs to Hispaniasaurus according to A. Marquez-Aliaga et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGUV 24447, a partial skull. Its type locality is Villora, which is in a Ladinian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the CaƱete Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Villora

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