Named By: | E. M. Knutsen, P. S. Druckenmiller & J. H. Hurum in 2012 |
Time Period: | Late Jurassic |
Location: | Svalbard, Spitsbergen - Agardhfjellet Formation, Slottsmoeya Member |
Size: | Roughly estimated about 6 meters long |
Diet: | Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains of a juvenile |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Cryptoclididae | |
Djupedalia is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway. It is named after Oystein Djupedal, the former Minister of Education and Research who helped fund the fossil excavation.