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Isfjordosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
†Ichthyopterygia

Isfjordosaurus

Similar
  
Thaisaurus, Grippia, Contectopalatus, Omphalosaurus, Barracudasauroides

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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Isfjordosaurus Wikipedia