Antarctica Dinosauria Early Jurassic Eusaurischia Massopoda Massospondylidae Plateosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha

Glacialisaurus hammeri

Dinosaur: Glacialisaurus hammeri

Jurassic: 199.3–182.7 Ma

Type: Sauropod

*Length:**	6.3 m	20.7 ft
*Weight:**	600 kg	1,323 lb

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Antarctica

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

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Massospondylidae

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.

Locations

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