Glacialisaurus

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Glacialisaurus is a genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur.

It lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now central Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica.

It is known from the holotype FMNH PR1823, a partial hind limb (foot) and from the referred material FMNH PR1822, a left femur.

It was discovered and collected in the tuffaceous siltstones and mudstones of the lower part of the Hanson Formation, in Mount Kirkpatrick.

It was first named by Nathan Smith and Diego Pol in 2007 and the type species is Glacialisaurus hammeri.

The generic name, Glacialisaurus, is derived from the Latin word glacialis, meaning "icy" or "frozen", in reference to the Beardmore Glacier region in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, where the fossil remains were found.

The specific name, G. hammeri, honors Dr. William R. Hammer of Augustana College, who made major contributions to both paleontology and Antarctic research.