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Djupedalia

Description

Djupedalia is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway. It is named after Øystein Djupedal, the former Minister of Education and Research who helped fund the fossil excavation.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8480898https://www.gbif.org/species/8480898
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)248878https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=248878
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Cryptoclididae : Djupedalia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Cryptoclididae : Djupedalia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
orderSauropterygiaOwen 1861
-Pistosauria
-Plesiosauria
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
-CryptoclidiaKetchum and Benson 2010
familyCryptoclididaeWilliston 1925
genusDjupedaliaKnutsen Druckenmiller & Hurum 2012
Scientific NameDjupedalia Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
Name Published InArticle title: A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Djupedaliagenusbelongs to Plesiosauroideastated with evidenceKnutsen et al., 2012
Djupedaliagenusbelongs to Cryptoclididaestated with evidenceBenson and Druckenmiller, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Plesiosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Plesiosauria)
Dietcarnivore (based on Plesiosauria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Plesiosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Plesiosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. M. Knutsen, P. S. Druckenmiller, and J. H. Hurum. 2012. A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:213-234
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djupedalia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Djupedalia engeri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1152 Ma
Late Jurassic
152 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Djupedalia Knutsen et al. p. 215 figs. 2-15
2014Djupedalia Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3

References

Knutsen E. M., Druckenmiller P. S., et al (2012) A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway, Norwegian Journal of Geology 92, 213-234
Benson R. B. J., Druckenmiller P. S. (2014) Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition, Biological Reviews 89 1, 1-23 doi:10.1111/brv.12038
Norwegian Journal of Geology 92: -. [213-234] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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