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Up to now, more than 40 dinosaur sites have been found in the latest Jurassic -earliest Cretaceous sedimentary outcrops (Villar del Arzobispo Formation) of Riodeva (Iberian Range, Spain). Those already excavated, as well as other findings, provide a large and diverse number of sauropod remains, suggesting a great diversity for this group in the Iberian Peninsula during this time. Vertebrae and ischial remains from Riodevan site RD-13 are assigned to Turiasaurus riodevensis (a species described in RD-10, Barrihonda site), which is part of the Turiasauria clade. This is the first time that a taxon is attributed to Turiasaurus genus out of its type site. A Neosauropod caudal vertebra from the RD-11 site has been classified as Diplodocinae indet., supporting the previous attribution on an ilion also found in Riodeva

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The Teruel Province (Spain) is known for its rich palaeontological heritage, including outstanding dinosaur sites from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition interval. A GIS-based management project was designed and utilised to represent and manage the detailed spatial data and associated databases of such sites. Systematic evaluation of the heritage value of sites is based on the estimation of factors such as scientific and socio-cultural values and of the risk of deterioration of all the proposed sites, both of dinosaur bone and dinosaur footprint sites. With the project in process, it is now possible to have an objective base from which to evaluate and make decisions on palaeontological heritage management, from both a basic and an applied standpoint, relative to territorial development.