Hoyasemys 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

Parent taxon: Eucryptodira according to A. Pérez-García et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Angolachelonia, Borealochelys, Centrocryptodira, Enaliochelys, Polycryptodira, Sandownidae, Sinemydidae, Sinochelyidae, Tienfucheloides, Xinjiangchelyidae

Subtaxa: Hoyasemys jimenezi

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Type: Hoyasemys jimenezi

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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