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Hoyalacerta
Taxonomy
Hoyalacerta was named by Evans and Barbadillo (1999). Its type is Hoyalacerta sanzi.
It was assigned to Squamata by Evans and Barbadillo (1999) and Houssaye et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Squamata by Evans and Barbadillo (1999) and Houssaye et al. (2013).
Species
H. sanzi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Hoyalacerta Evans and Barbadillo p. 74 |
| 2013 | Hoyalacerta Houssaye et al. |
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G. †Hoyalacerta Evans and Barbadillo 1999
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†Hoyalacerta sanzi Evans and Barbadillo 1999
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. E. Evans and L. J. Barbadillo 1999 | A lizard showing the following character combination: frontals paired, constricted between orbits; jugal a slender arc, extends to anterior margin of orbit; premaxilla paired with relatively large teeth; ectopterygoids with anteroposterior alignment between pterygoid flange, maxilla and jugal; quadrate with large lateral conch, but no medial wing; squamosal slender, with no posterodorsal expansion; dentary shallow and parallel-sided with 40 small, close-packed teeth in each ramus; 27 or 28 presacral vertebra, dorsal vertebrae somewhat elongated with extended neural arch pedical reducing size of intervertebral foramina; vertebral centra procoelous; fore and hind limbs less than one-third of snout-vent length |