Djupedalia

Djupedalia
Temporal range: Tithonian
~150–145 Ma
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Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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][2] plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway.[3] It is named after Øystein Djupedal, the former Minister of Education and Research who helped fund the fossil excavation with a budget of 1.2 million Norwegian kroner.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Benson, R. B. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (February 2014). "Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition". Biological Reviews. 89 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1111/brv.12038. PMID 23581455. S2CID 19710180.
  3. ^ Espen M. Knutsen; Patrick S. Druckenmiller; Jørn H. Hurum (2012). "A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Geology. 92 (2–3): 213–234. ISSN 0029-196X.
  4. ^ Barstein, Geir (12 October 2012). "«Monsterøgle» oppkalt etter Øystein Djupedal" ["Monster Lizard" Named After Øystein Djupedal]. Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.