Antarctanax

Name: Antarctanax.
Phonetic: An-tark-tah-naks.
Named By: Brandon R.‭ ‬Peecook,‭ ‬Roger M.‭ ‬Smith‭ & ‬Christian A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauromorpha,‭ ‬Archosauriformes.
Species: A.‭ ‬shackletoni‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Unknown.
Size: Roughly estimated between‭ ‬1.2‭ ‬to‭ ‬1.5‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Antarctica‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fremouw Formation.
Time period: Early Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.

       Antarctanax is a genus of archosauromorph reptile that lived in Antarctica during the early Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A novel archosauromorph from Antarctica and an updated review of a high-latitude vertebrate assemblage in the wake of the end-Permian mass extinction.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬38‭ (‬6‭)‬:‭ ‬e1536664.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Brandon R.‭ ‬Peecook,‭ ‬Roger M.‭ ‬Smith‭ & ‬Christian A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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