Glacialisaurus
Field photograph to come
Glacialisaurus
DV-0630 · type species Glacialisaurus hammeri
- Lived
- 200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
- Found in
- Antarctica
- Named by
- Smith and Pol 2007
Field notes
About Glacialisaurus
Glacialisaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Glacialisaurus, from Antarctica. Its fossils come from the Hanson Formation. It was named by Smith and Pol in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Massospondylidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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