Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae

Synonym: Galveosaurus herreroi Sánchez-Hernández 2005 [objective synonym]

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

Belongs to Galvesaurus according to M. D. D'Emic 2012

See also Barco et al. 2005, Barco et al. 2006, Canudo et al. 2007, Canudo et al. 2010, Castanera et al. 2010, Cobos et al. 2014, Li et al. 2014, Mocho et al. 2014, Mocho et al. 2019, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2009, Pérez-Lorente and Herrero Gascón 2007, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Salgado et al. 2006, Sánchez-Hernández 2005, Sánchez-Hernández 2006 and Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Galvesaurus herreroi: CLH-16, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Cuesta Lonsal 1, Galve, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-deltaic claystone/sandstone in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain.
• Galveosaurus herreroi: Its type locality is Cuesta Lonsal 1, Galve, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-deltaic claystone/sandstone in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cuesta Lonsal 1, Galve

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