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
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. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Glacialisaurus hammeri sits in deep time
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.