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ISFJORDOSAURUS
(is-fe-yord-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Isfjord lizard"
Named By: Ryosuke Motani in 1999
Time Period: Early Triassic
Location: Spitsbergen
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Unavailable
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Ichthyopterygia |
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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 and contains the species Isfjordosaurus minor.

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