Biology:Djupedalia
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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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 |
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| †Djupedalia engeri Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
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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]
See also
References
- ↑ "†Djupedalia Knutsen et al. 2012". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=248878.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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". Norwegian Journal of Geology 92 (2–3): 213–234. ISSN 0029-196X. http://www.geologi.no/images/NJG_articles/NJG_2_3_2012_13_Knutsen_etal_Scr.pdf.
- ↑ Barstein, Geir (12 October 2012). "«Monsterøgle» oppkalt etter Øystein Djupedal". Dagbladet. https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/monsterogle-oppkalt-etter-oystein-djupedal/63190085.
Wikidata ☰ Q5285396 entry
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