Hanson Formation
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The Hanson Formation is a geologic formation on Mount Kirkpatrick and north Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica. It is one of the two major dinosaur-bearing rock groups found on Antarctica to d
Exposed strata near Beardmore Glacier
Environment reconstruction of the Hanson Formation with a Plinian eruption in the background
Wood decay fungus
Diplichnites
Glacialisaurus
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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, a partial tarsus and metatarsus, and a partial left fem
Hanson Formation
…of herbivorous synapsids, and crow-sized dimorphodontid pterosaurs. Other dinosaurs discovered from the formation include the basal sauropodomorph Glacialisaurus and an indeterminate large sauropod. At southwest Gair Mesa the basal layers represent a lake shore and are characterised by the noteworthy preservation…
Glacialisaurus holotype PR 1823
Hypothetical life restoration based on related animals
Model in the Field Museum with bones shown in place (smaller model is an unnamed sauropodomorph also from Antarctica)