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Glacialisaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic period of Antarctica. It is known from two specimens; the holotype (name-bearing specimen), a partial tarsus (ankle) and metatarsus, and a partial left femur (thigh bone). The fossils were collected by a team led by paleontologist William R. Hammer during a 1990–91 field expedition to the central region of the Transantarctic Mountains. They come from sedimentary rocks of the Hanson Formation and date to the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic, around 186 to 182 million years ago. The fossils were described in 20

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Parent taxon
Massospondylidae
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temporal range end
Sinemurian
taxon name
Glacialisaurus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Glacialisaurus
start time
189000000-
end time
183000000-
time period
Early Jurassic
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