Genus: Svalbardosaurus MAZIN, 1981
Etymology: In reference to Svalbard Archipeligo in the Artic Ocean east of northern
Greenland, containing Spitsbergen island where the fossil was found, and Greek,
sauros, “lizard”: Svalbard lizard.
Species: crassidens MAZIN, 1981
Etymology:
Holotype: SVT 332
Locality: Mont Viking, Sassendalen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Island, Norway.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Spathien Stage, Upper Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.