Galve, Spain
| Galve, Spain | |
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| Coordinates: 40°39′N 0°52′W / 40.650°N 0.867°WCoordinates: 40°39′N 0°52′W / 40.650°N 0.867°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Aragon |
| Province | Teruel |
| Municipality | Galve |
| Area | |
| • Total | 61.90 km2 (23.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 145 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Galve is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 145 inhabitants. There is an important paleontological site.
The Galve area is a productive area full of fossil sites well known for its faunal assemblage of dinosaurs, notably the sauropods and mammals. This region is also noted for its lissamphibians, lizards and turtles, as well as diverse multituberculates, dryolestoids, and spalacotheriids.
Spanish paleontologists have worked this site for years, including José Ignacio Canudo, José Luis Barco, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós, and José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca.
The Galve region sediments date back to the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous, with five formations ranging in age from Tithonian to Aptian listed below:
Theropods (spinosaurines), sauropods, and ornithischians have been reported from the Galve region. Fossil teeth belonging to baryonychines, allosauroids, dromaeosaurids and indeterminable coelurosaurs have also been recovered at some of the Galve sites. Those indeterminable coelurosaur teeth are from the Galve outcrops of the El Castellar Formation, and bear some avian resemblance.
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