Iberomesornis romerali Sanz et al. 1990 (avialan)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. L. Sanz, A. D. Buscalioni, J. J. Moratalla, V. Francés, and M. Antón. 1990. Los reptiles Mesozoicos del registro español [The Mesozoic reptiles from the Spanish record]. Monografias del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2:1-79

Belongs to Iberomesornis according to P. Senter et al. 2004

See also Chiappe 2002, Chiappe and Calvo 1994, Padian 2004, Pérez-Moreno and Sanz 1997, Sanz et al. 1990, Sanz et al. 1996 and Sereno 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LH 22R, a partial skeleton (almost complete skeleton lacking skull and anterior cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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