Plesiosaurs from Svalbard – February 2008 update

Post author:Richard Forrest
Post published:01/02/2008
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Post category:Commentary Excavation New discovery New taxon Pliosaur

A press release on the finds from the 2007 season has been released by the University of Oslo. You can find more information, and images from the expeditions on the University web site. The news is, of course, dominated by the large pliosaur, which is reliably estimated as 15 meters long. The paddle alone is 3 meters long.…

Plesiosaurs from Svalbard

Post author:Richard Forrest
Post published:16/10/2006
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Post category:Commentary Excavation New discovery

There has been a spate of reports in the media recently about an important find of marine reptiles from the Svalbard, in the Norwegian arctic. The largest island in this archipelago is Spitzbergen. Fragmentary remains from this area have been reported for almost a century (Wiman 1914). However, these have been only…