Isfjordosaurus

Isfjordosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Early Triassic. Fossils have been found on the island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago off the northern coast of Norway. It was formally described by Ryosuke Motani in 1999^[2] and contains the species Isfjordosaurus minor.

Isfjordosaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic[1] 248.1–246.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Ichthyopterygia
Genus:	†Isfjordosaurus Motani, 1999
Type species
†Isfjordosaurus minor (Wiman, 1910)
Synonyms
Pessopteryx minor Wiman, 1910

See also

• List of ichthyosaurs
• Timeline of ichthyosaur research