†Glacialisaurus hammeri Smith and Pol 2007 (frozen lizard)
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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
Belongs to Glacialisaurus according to N. D. Smith and D. Pol 2007
See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Coria et al. 2013 and Langer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FMNH PR1823, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Mt. Kirkpatrick, Beardmore Glacier, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fluvial siltstone in the Hanson Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mt. Kirkpatrick, Beardmore Glacier
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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