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New marine reptile fossils from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Greenland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2019

LL Delsett Open the ORCID record for LL Delsett [Opens in a new window]  and
P Alsen Open the ORCID record for P Alsen [Opens in a new window]
LL Delsett*
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, postbox 1172, Blindern 0318, Oslo, Norway
P Alsen
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
*
Author for correspondence: LL Delsett, Email: l.l.delsett@nhm.uio.no
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Abstract

Knowledge about marine reptile diversity and disparity during the Late Jurassic is increasing. This contribution describes marine reptile skeletal elements (ichthyosaur and plesiosaur) from Kingofjeld mountain in NE Greenland. The assemblage is early Late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) in age, and consists of c. 100 disarticulated skeletal elements. The location is of biogeographic importance as it was at the time situated between the Boreal realm and the Tethys Sea and is promising in terms of future prospecting.

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ichthyosaursplesiosaursBernbjerg FormationKingofjeldKuhn ØLate JurassicGreenland

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Geological Magazine , Volume 157 , Special Issue 10: Mesozoic of the Arctic , October 2020 , pp. 1612 - 1621
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