Glacialisaurus Smith and Pol 2007 (frozen lizard)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Massospondylidae

Full reference: N. D. Smith and D. Pol. 2007. Anatomy of a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(4):657-674

Parent taxon: Massospondylidae according to B. W. McPhee et al. 2015

See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Apaldetti et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2011, Otero and Pol 2013 and Smith and Pol 2007

Sister taxa: Adeopapposaurus, Coloradisaurus, Ignavusaurus, Leyesaurus, Lufengosaurus, Massospondylus, Ngwevu, Pradhania, Sarahsaurus

Subtaxa: Glacialisaurus hammeri

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Type: Glacialisaurus hammeri

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mt. Kirkpatrick, Beardmore Glacier (Jurassic of Antarctica)

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