Djupedalia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Djupedalia

| image = Djupedalia engeri.png

| image_caption = Life restoration

| fossil_range = Tithonian
~{{fossil range|150|145}}

| authority = Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012

| type_species = {{extinct}}Djupedalia engeri

| type_species_authority = Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum, 2012

}}

Djupedalia is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid{{cite journal | last1 = Benson | first1 = R. B. J. | last2 = Druckenmiller | first2 = P. S. | title = Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition | journal = Biological Reviews | date=February 2014 |volume=89 | issue=1 | pages=1–23 | doi=10.1111/brv.12038 | pmid=23581455| s2cid = 19710180 }} plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway.{{cite journal |author1=Espen M. Knutsen |author2=Patrick S. Druckenmiller |author3=Jørn H. Hurum |year=2012 |title=A new plesiosauroid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Middle Volgian) of central Spitsbergen, Norway |journal=Norwegian Journal of Geology|volume=92 |issue=2–3 |pages=213–234 |issn=0029-196X |url=https://foreninger.uio.no/ngf/ngt/pdf-nye/NJG_2_3_2012_12_Knutsen_etal_Pr.pdf}} It is named after Øystein Djupedal, the former Minister of Education and Research who helped fund the fossil excavation with a budget of 1.2 million Norwegian kroner.{{cite news |last=Barstein |first=Geir |date=12 October 2012 |work=Dagbladet |title=«Monsterøgle» oppkalt etter Øystein Djupedal |trans-title="Monster Lizard" Named After Øystein Djupedal |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/monsterogle-oppkalt-etter-oystein-djupedal/63190085 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182019/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/monsterogle-oppkalt-etter-oystein-djupedal/63190085 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live |url-access=registration}}