A new species of Pliosaurus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Middle Volgian of central Spitsbergen, Norway

• Main Authors: Knutsen, Espen M., Druckenmiller, Patric S., Hurum, Jørn H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norsk Geologisk Forening 2012
• Subjects: Agardhfjellet; Arctic; Norway; Slottsmøya; Svalbard; Arctic Archipelago; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/49580/1/49580%20Knutsen%20et%20al%202012.pdf

Eight seasons of fieldwork in the Upper Jurassic black shales of the Slottsmøya Member of the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic; Middle Volgian) in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have yielded numerous skeletal remains of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs. Among the new discoveries from the Slot...