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Glacialisaurus (frozen lizard)
Taxonomy
Glacialisaurus was named by Smith and Pol (2007). Its type is Glacialisaurus hammeri.
It was assigned to Massospondylidae by Smith and Pol (2007), Apaldetti et al. (2011), Novas et al. (2011), Otero and Pol (2013), Apaldetti et al. (2013), McPhee et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Massospondylidae by Smith and Pol (2007), Apaldetti et al. (2011), Novas et al. (2011), Otero and Pol (2013), Apaldetti et al. (2013), McPhee et al. (2015).
Species
G. hammeri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Glacialisaurus Smith and Pol p. 659 |
| 2011 | Glacialisaurus Apaldetti et al. p. 16 fig. 13 |
| 2011 | Glacialisaurus Novas et al. p. 341 fig. 4 |
| 2013 | Glacialisaurus Apaldetti et al. |
| 2013 | Glacialisaurus Otero and Pol |
| 2015 | Glacialisaurus McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12 |
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G. †Glacialisaurus Smith and Pol 2007 [frozen lizard]
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†Glacialisaurus hammeri Smith and Pol 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | Antarctica | Prosauropoda indet. (47135) |