Genus: Gallardosaurus GASPARINI, 2009
Etymology: In honor of Juan and Juanito Gallardo, Cuban farmers, who discovered most of the Oxforidan reptiles of Cuba, and Greek, sauros, "lizard."

Species: iturraldei GASPARINI, 2009
Etymology: In honor of Dr. Manuel Iturralde-Vincent, distinguished Cuban geotectonists and palaeontologists, who dedicated a large part of his scientific work to recovering the Meso-Cenozoic fauna of his country, and interpreting it within the geotectonic evolution of the Caribbean.

Holotype: MNHNCu P3005

Locality: Northern Slope of the Siera de Caiguanabo, 8 km east of Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Northwestern Cubia.

Horizon: Jagua Formation, Jagua Vieja Member.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Stage, Late Jurassic.

Material: Incomplete skull and mandible preserved in occlusion, atlas-axis and the third and fourth cervical vertebrae.