Iguana-Sized Dinosaur Cousin Discovered in Antarctica
!["The midnight sun over Early Triassic Antarctica." Along the banks of a river, three archosaur inhabitants of the dense Voltzia conifer forest cross paths: Antarctanax shackletoni sneaks up on an early titanopetran insect, Prolacerta lazes on a log, and an enigmatic large archosaur pursues two unsuspecting dicynodonts, Lystrosaurus maccaigi. CREDIT (c) Adrienne Stroup, Field Museum Iguana-Sized Dinosaur Cousin Discovered in Antarctica](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/191050_web-1.jpg)
“Antarctic king” shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction Antarctica wasn’t always a frozen wasteland—250 million years ago, it was covered in forests and rivers, and the temperature rarely dipped below freezing. It was also home to diverse wildlife, including early relatives of the dinosaurs. Scientists have just discovered the […]