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Dinosaurs of Antarctica
Currently, our archive includes 5 dinosaurs from Antarctica
Hot Spots
Hot spots? Not on Antarctica. It's bloody freezing! However, a handful of Antarctic dinosaurs have been discovered, with James Ross Island being particularly fruitful.
References
• Olivero E, Gasparini Z, Rinaldi C and Scasso R (1991) "First record of dinosaurs in Antarctica (Upper Cretaceous, James Ross Island): paleogeographical implications". Page 617–622 in Thomson, Crame and Thomson (eds.) "Geological Evolution of Antarctica".
• Hammer WR and Hickerson WJ (1994) "A Crested Theropod Dinosaur from Antarctica". Science, 264(5160): 828-830. DOI: 10.1126/science.264.5160.828.
• Salgado L and Gasparini Z (2006) "Reappraisal of an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island (Antarctica)". Geodiversitas, 28(1): 119-135.
• Stilwell JD and Long JA (2011) "Frozen in Time: Prehistoric Life in Antarctica".
• Rich TA and Vickers-Rich P (2000) "Dinosaurs of Darkness: In Search of the Lost Polar World".
• Roberts EM, O’Connor PM, Clarke JA, Slotznick SP, Placzek CJ, Tobin TS, Hannaford C, Orr T, Jinnah ZA, Claeson KM, Salisbury S, Kirschvink JL, Pirrie D and Lamanna MC (2022) "New age constraints support a K/Pg boundary interval on Vega Island, Antarctica: Implications for latest Cretaceous vertebrates and paleoenvironments".
GSA Bulletin, 135(3-4): 867-885. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B36422.1
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