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]
| 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 |
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| †Djupedalia engeri Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
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See also
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edit- ^ "†Djupedalia Knutsen et al. 2012". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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