Galvesaurus
alt, Galveosaurus
Name:
Galvesaurus/Galveosaurus
(Galve lizard).
Phonetic: Gal-vee-oh-sore-us.
Named By: Galvesaurus named by J. I. Barco, J. L. Canudo, G. Cuenca-Besc�s & J. I.
Ru�z-Ome�aca - 2005. Galveosaurus named by B�rbara
S�nchez-Hern�ndez - 2005.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurichia, Sauropoda, Turiasauria.
Species: G. herreroi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: About 16 meters long.
Known locations: Spain - Villar del Arzobispo
Formation.
Time period: Tithonian/Berriasian
(Jurassic/Cretaceous) boundary.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including
limbs, pelvis and vertebrae.
The
name of this dinosaur has been the subsect of continuing controversy,
being regarded as either Galvesaurus or Galveosaurus.
This is
because the holotype fossils of this dinosaur were named in two
differing papers by two separate papers, published in a short space
of time to one another. Reasons and accusations have been made by
both camps, and at the time of writing both spellings can appear.
When this dinosaur was first entered here Galveosaurus
seemed to be
the more common version in usage, but the reader is asked to be aware
that while Galveosaurus may continue to be used
here in places, the
alternative spelling of Galvesaurus is preferred by
others.
Galveosaurus
has been identified as a member of the Turiasauria,
indicating that
the genus was more closely related to genera such as Turiasaurus,
Zby
and Losillasaurus.
All in all Galveosaurus seems to have been a
mid-sized sauropod dinosaur, that was pretty average for the European
continent which during the late Jurassic/early Cretaceous was more like
a group of islands rather than a single continental landmass (though
genera such as Turiasaurus are known to have grown
much bigger). In
addition to the smaller size of Galveosaurus, the
bones are also
noted as being quite gracile indicating that Galveosaurus
would have
also been lightly built. Possible predatory threats to Galveosaurus
would likely include large predatory theropod dinosaurs similar to
Torvosaurus,
which is known from late Jurassic aged deposits in
nearby Portugal.
Further reading
- Galveosaurus herreroi, a new sauropod
dinosaur from Villar del
Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Spain. - Zootaxa
1034: 1–20. - B�rbara S�nchez-Hern�ndez - 2005.
- Un nuevo dinosaurio saur�podo, Galvesaurus herreroi
gen. nov.,
sp. nov., del tr�nsito Jur�sico-Cret�cico en Galve (Teruel, NE
de Espa�a). - Naturaleza Aragonesa 15: 4-17. - J. I.
Barco, J. L. Canudo, G. Cuenca-Besc�s & J. I.
Ru�z-Ome�aca - 2005.
- The new sauropod from Spain: Galveosaurus or Galvesaurus?
-
Zootaxa - B�rbara S�nchez-Hern�ndez - 2006.
- On the phylogenetic position of the sauropod
Galvesaurus, and other
reflections. - V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontolog�a de
Dinosaurios y su entorno. - J. L. Barco & J. I. Canudo - 2012.
- New contributions to the phylogenetic position of the sauropod
Galvesaurus herreroi from the late
Kimmeridgian-early Tithonian
(Jurassic) of Teruel (Spain). - Bolet�n Geol�gico y Minero. 130 (3):
375–392. - M. P�rez-Pueyo, M. Moreno-Azanza, J. L. Barco & J.
I. Canudo - 2019.
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