Genus: Hoyalacerta EVANS & BARBADILLO, 1999
Etymology: From Las Hoyas, Cuenca Province, Spain, the type locality, and Latin, Lacerta, “Lizard”: Las Hoyas lizard.

Species: sanzi EVANS & BARBADILLO, 1999
Etymology: In honor of Professor Jose-Luis Sanz, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, who has directed the Las Hoyas project since its inception.

Holotype: Museo de Cuencea, LH 11 000

Locality: Las Hoyas fossil site, La Cierva Township, , 20 km east of Cuenca, in the Castellan Branch of the Iberian Range, Cuenca Province, Spain.

Horizon: Calizas de La Huerguina Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Hauterivian Stage, Late Neocomian subepoch-Lower Barremian Stage, Early Gallic subepoch, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.