Dinosauria›Saurischia›Sauropodomorpha›Massospondylidae
Silhouette of Glacialisaurus hammeri

Glacialisaurus Glacialisaurus hammeri Smith and Pol 2007

/ɡlˌeɪʃəlɪsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 199.5–184.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade

Where It Was Found

Country
Antarctica
Formation
Hanson
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Antarctica. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Glacialisaurus hammeri is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 199.5–184.2 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Antarctica. It was named by Smith and Pol 2007. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Glacialisaurus hammeri sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Glacialisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Glacialisaurus hammeri's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
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coexisted–with
Scutellosaurus
Scutellosaurus lawleri
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coexisted–with
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
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coexisted–with
Syntarsus
Syntarsus kayentakatae
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coexisted–with
Kayentavenator
Kayentavenator elysiae
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same–clade
Vulcanodon
Vulcanodon karibaensis
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same–clade
Barapasaurus
Barapasaurus tagorei
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same–clade
Kotasaurus
Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis
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