Djupedalia
| Djupedalia Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
| Genus: | †Djupedalia Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Djupedalia engeri Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012 | |
Djupedalia is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid[1] plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway.[2] It is named after Øystein Djupedal, the former Minister of Education and Research who helped fund the fossil excavation.
See also
References
- ↑ Benson, R. B. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (2013). "Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition". Biological Reviews: n/a. doi:10.1111/brv.12038.
- ↑ Espen M. Knutsen, Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Jørn H. Hurum (2012). "A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway". Norwegian Journal of Geology 92 (2-3): 213–234. ISSN 0029-196X.Low resolusion pdf High resolusion pdf