Spitrasaurus

Spitrasaurus; Temporal range: Tithonian; ~150–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Family:	†Cryptoclididae
Genus:	†Spitrasaurus; Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012
Species
	†S. wensaasi Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012 (type); †S. larseni Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012;

Spitrasaurus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid[1] plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway.[2] It is named after a syllabic abbreviation for Spitsbergen Travel.

References

Benson, R. B. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (2013). "Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition". Biological Reviews. 89: 1–23. doi:10.1111/brv.12038. PMID 23581455.
Espen M. Knutsen, Patrick S. Druckenmiller and Jørn H. Hurum (2012). "Two new species of long-necked plesiosaurians (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Jurassic (Middle Volgian) Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen". Norwegian Journal of Geology. 92 (2–3): 187–212. ISSN 0029-196X.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)Low resolusion pdf High resolusion pdf

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