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Dinosaur: Glacialisaurus hammeri
| Length*: | 6.3 m | 20.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 600 kg | 1,323 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Sinemurian-Pliensbachian
Years: 199.3–182.7 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Smith & Pol
Year: 2007
Distribution
Area: Antarctica
Region: Ross Dependency
Formation: Hanson
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial right astragalus, medial and lateral distal tarsals, and partial right metatarsus. Referred distal left femur.
References: Smith, N.D. i Pol, D. (2007). Anatomy of a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica.
