Djupedalia

Djupedalia
Temporal range: Tithonian
~150–145 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Order: †Plesiosauria
Superfamily: †Plesiosauroidea
Family: †Cryptoclididae
Genus: †Djupedalia
Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
Type species
†Djupedalia engeri
Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012

Djupedalia is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway. 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "†Djupedalia Knutsen et al. 2012". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  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.