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DJUPEDALIA
(d-yupe-dah-le-ah)
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 |
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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.

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