Galvesaurus

DV-0576

Lived: 152 to 145 million years ago, Late Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods, Brachiosauridae
Found in: Spain
Named by: Barco et al. 2005

Field notes

About Galvesaurus

Galvesaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 145 million years ago. It belongs to the family Brachiosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Galvesaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation. It was named by Barco et al. in 2005.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

150 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Brachiosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology DatabaseNamed in: J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós, 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