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long-neck giant
Galvesaurus
Say it like this: “GAL-vay-SOR-us”
Galvesaurus herreroi
Galvesaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Barco, J. L.; Canudo, J. I.; Cuenca-Bescós, G.; Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Villar del Arzobispo
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauriformes
The story in short
In 2005, J. L. Barco and colleagues published the name Galvesaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Galvesaurus date to the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Villar del Arzobispo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Galvesaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauriformes, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Brohisaurus
Brohisaurus kirthari
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Dinodocus
Dinodocus mackesoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Duriatitan
Duriatitan humerocristatus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago