Janusaurus
Name:
Janusaurus.
Phonetic: Jan-u-sor-us.
Named By: A. J. Robert, P. S.
Druckenmiller, G. Saetre & J. H. Hurum - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophtalmosauridae.
Species: J. lundi (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Norway, Spitsbergen-
Agardhfjellet Formation [Slottsm�ya Member].
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Janusaurus is a genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived in the waters around what is now Spitsbergen during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new Upper Jurassic ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the
Slottsm�ya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen.
- PLoS One 9(8):1-24. - A. J. Robert, P. S.
Druckenmiller, G. Saetre & J. H. Hurum - 2014.
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