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.