In Depth
Known from the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Djupedalia seems to have been a medium sized cryptoclided plesiosaur of the late Jurassic. The partial fossil remains of Djupedalia indicate that that the holotype was a juvenile at the time of death and that it was very similar to genera such as Muraenosaurus and Kimmerosaurus. Djupedalia is named after �ystein Djupedal, who helped to fund the fossil dig.
Further Reading
- A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway. - Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:213-234. - E. M. Knutsen, P. S. Druckenmiller & J. H. Hurum - 2012.
