Galvesaurus Barco et al. 2005 (Galve lizard)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae

Full reference: J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, G. Cuenca-Bescós and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2005. Un nuevo dinosaurio saurópodo, Galvesaurus herreroi gen. nov., sp. nov., del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico en Galve (Teruel, NE de España) [A new sauropod dinosaur, Galvesaurus herreroi gen. nov., sp. nov., from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Galve (Teruel, NE Spain)]. Naturaleza Aragonesa 15:4-17

Parent taxon: Brachiosauridae according to M. Pérez-Pueyo et al. 2019

See also Barco et al. 2005, Barco et al. 2006, Canudo et al. 2010, D'Emic 2012 and Sánchez-Hernández 2006

Sister taxa: Abydosaurus, Bellusaurinae, Brachiosaurinae, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurinae, Cedarosaurus, Euhelopodinae, Giraffatitan, Klamelisaurinae, Lusotitan, Ornithopsis eucamerotus, Sonorasaurus, Soriatitan, Venenosaurus, Vouivria

Subtaxa: Galvesaurus herreroi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cuesta Lonsal 1, Galve (Jurassic of Spain)

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