Hoyasemys jimenezi Pérez-García et al. 2012 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: A. Pérez-García, M. S. de la Fuente, and F. Ortega. 2012. A new freshwater basal eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(2):285-298

Belongs to Hoyasemys according to A. Pérez-García et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCCM−LH 84, a skeleton (an almost complete skeleton, missing the dorsal portion of the skull. The specimen is preserved on two slabs. One shows the ventral view of the skull, the five ). 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: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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