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.