The new sauropod from Spain: Galveosaurus or Galvesaurus?

Abstract

On August 11 th , 2005 I published a paper in which I described a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Galve, Spain: Galveosaurus herreroi. Unfortunately, four months later, a second paper based on the same dinosaur remains was published by different authors. In this second paper, the authors gave the specimens a similar binomial name to the name I gave (with a difference of one letter, an “o”): Galvesaurus herreroi. In that paper, available on-line in pdf format from January 2006, the authors not only ignored my work, but they included a publication date: 1st July, 2005. Nevertheless, the article is included in the issue 15 th of July-December, as could be read in every page of that work. The issue was published on 18 th December 2005, but according to the ICZN code (articles 21 and 23), the date of publication of the Barco et al. (2005) paper should be considered as December 31 st , 2005 and based on the Principle of Priority, the name Galveosaurus herreroi Sánchez-Hernández, 2005 has priority and Galvesaurus herreroi Barco, Canudo, Cuenca-Bescós and Ruíz-Omeñaca, 2005 should be considered as a junior synonym of the former and therefore, an invalid name.

A Giant European Dinosaur and a New Sauropod Clade

“…Aragosaurus (17) is a taxon distinct from Turiasaurus, as demonstrated by differences in both morphology and age. Losillasaurus (18) and Galveosaurus (19)(20)(21), which also come from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation, are also different from the new Riodeva taxon. Turiasaurus possesses features that distinguish it from Losillasaurus, among them presacral vertebrae with bifurcate neural spines.…”

Descripción de las vértebras cervicales de Galvesaurus herreroi Barco, Canudo, Cuenca-bescos & Ruiz-Omeñaca, 2005 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) del tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico en Galve (Teruel, Aragón, España)

“…Los comentarios y la revisión de los doctores Pereda-Suberbiola, Casanovas-Cladellas y del editor doctor Gozalo han mejorado el texto inicial. Al Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia y el FEDER (proyecto CGL2004 403393), al Departamento de Ciencia y Universidades (Grupos Consolidados 2005-2006, al Instituto de Estudios Turolenses, la empresa Paleoymas y sobre todo, a la Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural del Departamento de Educación, Cultura y Deportes quien se ha implicado de lleno, especialmente en esta última parte del proyecto fi nanciando el grueso de las actuaciones. Zarela Herrera del Servicio de Fotografía Paleontológica de la Universidad de Zaragoza ha realizado las fotografías utilizadas en las fi guras 2, 3 y 4.…”