| Gallardosaurus Temporal range: Oxfordian
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| Genus: | †Gallardosaurus Gasparini, 2009
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| †Gallardosaurus iturraldei Gasparini, 2009
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Gallardosaurus is a genus of pliosaurid plesiosaur from the Caribbean seaway. It contains the single species Gallardosaurus iturraldei. Gallardosaurus was found in middle-late Oxfordian-age (Late Jurassic) rocks of the Jagua Formation of western Cuba.[1][2] Gallardosaurus is believed to be evolutionarily connected to Peloneustes, a pliosaurid commonly found in the Oxfordian-aged sediment.[2]
- ^ Gallardosaurus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Gasparini, Zulma (2009). "A New Oxfordian Pliosaurid (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae) in the Caribbean Seaway" (PDF). Palaeontology. 52 (3): 661–669. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00871.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.