Large-sized ichthyosaurs from the Lower Saurian niveau of the Vikinghøgda Formation (Early Triassic), Marmierfjellet, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Norwegian Journal of Geology
• Main Authors: Engelschiøn, Victoria Sjøholt, Delsett, Lene Liebe, Roberts, Aubrey Jane, Hurum, Jørn Harald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Svalbard; Vikinghøgda; Marmierfjellet; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71102; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-74211; https://doi.org/10.17850/njg98-2-05

Humeri of Pessopteryx nisseri and vertebrae referred to Cymbospondylus sp. are described from the Lower Saurian niveau at Marmierfjellet, Spitsbergen. This is the most well-preserved Cymbospondylus material described from the Early Triassic so far, and the first description of new material of Pessop...