Djupedalia

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 ~150–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Superfamily:	†Plesiosauroidea
Family:	†Cryptoclididae
Genus:	†Djupedalia Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
Type species
†Djupedalia engeri Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012

See also

• List of plesiosaur genera
• Timeline of plesiosaur research