New Spanish PhD on dinosaurs: Galvesaurus herreroi

[jigruiz@unizar.es]

The past week (February, 27) José Luis BARCO successfully defended, in  
the Faculty of Geology of the Zaragoza University, their PhD thesis  
entitled:

?Sistemática e implicaciones filogenéticas y paleobiogeográficas del  
saurópodo Galvesaurus herreroi (Formación Villar del Arzobispo, Galve,  
España)? ["Systematic and phylogenetic implications of the sauropod  
Galvesaurus herreroi (Villar del Arzobispo Formation, Galve, Spain)"].

http://www.aragosaurus.com/index.php?seccion=news_full&id=735

Congratulations to the new (and big, 201 cm in height) Doctor!!!

According to Dr. Barco, Galvesaurus is not a cetiosaurid nor a  
turiasaur, but a basal macronarian related with Phuwiangosaurus,  
Aragosaurus, Tastavinsaurus, Cedarosauus and Venenosaurus. This 6  
genera form a monophyletic group (unnamed) which is the sister group  
to Titanosauriformes.

Several of the Dr. Barco's papers on Galvesaurus are listed (and  
downloadable in pdf) at:
http://www.dinoastur.com/2009/02/23/tesis-doctoral-sobre-galvesaurus/

The PhD thesis of Dr. Barco is the eighth in Spain, after those of  
MORATALLA (1993), SANTOS (2003), PEREZ-MORENO (2004), COMPANY (2005),  
ROYO-TORRES (2006), RUIZ-OMEÑACA (2006) and TORICES (2007). The titles  
of their respective thesis (only in Spanish, sorry) are at:
http://www.dinoastur.com/2009/03/03/nuevo-doctor-en-dinosaurios/



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Jose Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca
Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA)
E-33328 Colunga, Spain
www.dinoastur.com
www.museojurasicoasturias.com
www.aragosaurus.com
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