Dinosaur Bones from the Maestrazgo UNESCO Global Geopark (Teruel, Spain)

Authors

• Luis Alcalá ¹
• Rafael Royo-Torres ²

1. Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis. Avenida Sagunto s/n, 44002 Teruel, Spain
2. Grupo Beagle–IUCA, Departamento de Didácticas Específicas. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas–Teruel (Universidad de Zaragoza). Ciudad Escolar, 44003 Teruel, Spain

Abstract

The current territory of the Maestrazgo UNESCO Global Geopark has provided fossils that pioneered dinosaur research in Spain. The first Spanish dinosaur, Aragosaurus ischiaticus (published in 1987), five other new genera of dinosaurs and six species were described from fossils found at Geopark sites. These are the sauropod Galveosaurus herreroi (Galvesaurus herreroi) in 2005, the iguanodontians Delapparentia turolensis in 2011 and Iguanodon galvensis in 2015, the basal ornithopod Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae in 2012, and the theropod Camarillasaurus cirugedae in 2014. This makes it one of the most relevant areas in Spain for dinosaur research and has given rise to numerous scientific publications on paleontology and the stratigraphy of the area. It has also led to the construction of several facilities to promote education and geotourism.

Keywords

• Aragón
• Iberian Range
• Cretaceous
• Geoconservation
• Geotourism
• Jurassic

Main Subjects

• Geoconservation
• Geoparks
• Paleontology