Djupedalia
| Djupedalia Temporal range:Tithonian
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Scientific classification
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| 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
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Djupedaliais anextinctgenusofcryptoclidid[1][2]plesiosauroidplesiosaurknown from the uppermostJurassicof centralSpitsbergen,Norway.[3]It is named afterØystein Djupedal,the formerMinister of Education and Researchwho helped fund the fossil excavation with a budget of 1.2 millionNorwegian kroner.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^"†DjupedaliaKnutsen et al. 2012 ".Paleobiology Database.Fossilworks.Retrieved17 December2021.
- ^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.PMID23581455.S2CID19710180.
- ^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.ISSN0029-196X.
- ^Barstein, Geir (12 October 2012)."«Monsterøgle» oppkalt etter Øystein Djupedal"[ "Monster Lizard" Named After Øystein Djupedal].Dagbladet.Archivedfrom the original on 1 December 2017.
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