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/