Joermungandr bolti

Joermungandr bolti
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Microsauria
Clade: †Recumbirostra
Genus: †Joermungandr
Mann et al., 2021
Species:
†J. bolti
Binomial name
†Joermungandr bolti
Mann et al., 2021
This article is about the genus of recumbirostran. For the sea serpent in Norse mythology, see Jörmungandr. For the genus of mosasaur, see Jormungandr walhallaensis.

Joermungandr is an extinct genus of recumbirostran tetrapod from the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois. It currently contains a single species, Joermungandr bolti. Like many other recumbirostrans, the body is elongated, which is likely an adaptation for fossoriality (digging and living underground).

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