Genus
Valid Extinct

Isfjordosaurus

Motani 1999

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Isfjordosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇸🇯 SJ
1
Geological formations
Vikinghøgda
1
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Isfjordosaurus minor 248 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗