| Djupedalia | |
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| 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 | |
Djupedalia is anextinctgenus ofcryptoclidid[1][2]plesiosauroidplesiosaur known from the uppermostJurassic of centralSpitsbergen,Norway.[3] It is named afterØystein Djupedal, the formerMinister of Education and Research who helped fund the fossil excavation with a budget of 1.2 millionNorwegian kroner.[4]
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