Djupedalia
Name:
Djupedalia.
Phonetic: D-yupe-dah-le-ah.
Named By: E. M. Knutsen, P. S.
Druckenmiller & J. H. Hurum - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria, Cryptoclididae.
Species: D. engeri (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Roughly estimated about 6 meters long.
Known locations: Svalbard, Spitsbergen -
Agardhfjellet Formation, Slottsm�ya Member.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a juvenile.
Known from the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Djupedalia seems to have been a medium sized cryptoclided plesiosaur of the late Jurassic. The partial fossil remains of Djupedalia indicate that that the holotype was a juvenile at the time of death and that it was very similar to genera such as Muraenosaurus and Kimmerosaurus. Djupedalia is named after �ystein Djupedal, who helped to fund the fossil dig.
Further reading
- A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the
Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen,
Norway. - Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:213-234. - E.
M. Knutsen, P. S. Druckenmiller & J. H. Hurum
- 2012.
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