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Galvesaurus Galvesaurus herreroi Barco et al. 2005
/ɡˌælvɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 152.2–145.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Spain
Region
Aragón
Formation
Villar del Arzobispo
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Galvesaurus herreroi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–145.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Aragón, Spain. It was named by Barco et al. 2005. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Galvesaurus herreroi sits in deep time
Galvesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Galvesaurus herreroi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.