Welcome to Galve, land of dinosaurs!
Today I propose you a different outing suitable for all audiences where, with some Earthcaches of the area, you can travel through millions of years and see how the inhabitants that populated the earth during the Jurassic and Cretaceous lived.
Galve is a privileged place by the rocks that form its territory, formed in coastal and inland environments of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous, contain an important fossil record of continental vertebrates (for quantity, quality and diversity), which faithfully illustrates terrestrial ecosystems of that moment in the history of the Earth and makes of Galve one of the most appreciated and recognized paleontological site of Europe.
Along with footprints, eggs and fossil bones of dinosaur, remains of flying reptiles, amphibians, fish, plants and even mammals have been found in Galve.
The Paleontological Parkof Galve, created in 1993, is composed of the Municipal Paleontological Museum, the ichnite sites, models of dinosaurs and the recently joined Legendark.
The Aragosaurus
The first remains of Aragosaurus were rescued from destruction by José María Herrero, a resident of Galve, in the late 50s. Had it not been so, one of the largest Aragonese Aragosaurus that has existed would have disappeared.
In the 80s and since the beginning of the 90s, the Universities of Madrid and Zaragoza have studied the dinosaurs of Galve to safeguard, protect and publicize this valuable Aragonese heritage so popular in the recent years.
Classification
Aragosaurus is a sauropod of the family of Camarasauríade and in Galve it is represented by a single species: Aragosaurus ischiaticus.
Where is it located?
The skeletal remains of Aragosaurus were found scattered in continental sediments, taken by flowing water.
The disarticulation indicates that the skeleton was spread by agents such as water or scavengers.
Life style
Paleontological data allow to conclude that Aragosaurus was a dinosaur that lived in open terrain. He fed and grazed in the surrounding vegetation. He walked on four legs with the tail slightly upright that he would lay on the ground in moments of rest.
The concept of this Earthcache is that the geocacher to knows this dinosaur and that he enjoys this incredible place. I could explain more about the subject but I like my Earthcaches to be brief and concise so visitors leave the place having learned something new. Enjoy it!
At the indicated coordinates, you can find an infoboard, to validate your log, please send me the answers to the following questions. You can log without waiting for my reply, if a problem occurs we will try to find a solution together.
Log this cache as a "found it" and send me your answers via my profile or via message on geocaching.com, and I will contact you in case of problem.
1-. In order to log this EarthCache, complete the following information with the help of the panel:
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