Scientific Name:
Ophthalmothule cryostea (meaning "Eye of the North with Frozen Bones")

Year Of Naming:
2020

Family:
Cryptocleididae, Plesiosauria, Sauropterygia, Reptilia

Size:
5 - 5.5 meters (16 - 18 ft)

Discovery & Time Period:
Agardhfjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Germany

Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous (Tithonian - Berriasian), ~145 mya

Date Of Release:
August 1st, 2020