| Antarctanax Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Antarctanax Peecook et al. 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Antarctanax shackletoni Peecook et al. 2019
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Antarctanax is a genus of basal archosauriform that during the Triassic lived in Antarctica. The type species is Antarctanax shackletoni. It was a reptile around the size of an iguana.[1]
- ^ Peecook, Brandon R.; Smith, Roger M. H.; Sidor, Christian A. (2019-01-31). "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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1536664. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 92116260.