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Hoyalacerta

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hoyalacerta was named by Evans and Barbadillo (1999). Its type is Hoyalacerta sanzi.

It was assigned to Squamata by Evans and Barbadillo (1999), Houssaye et al. (2013).

Species
H. sanzi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Hoyalacerta Evans and Barbadillo p. 74
2013Hoyalacerta Houssaye et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
genusHoyalacerta

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Hoyalacerta Evans and Barbadillo 1999
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†Hoyalacerta sanzi Evans and Barbadillo 1999
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Evans and L. J. Barbadillo 1999A 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) H. sanzi (28006)