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Joermungandr bolti

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Extinct genus of tetrapods 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 bolti
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Microsauria
Genus: †Joermungandr
Mann et al., 2021
Species: †J. bolti
Binomial name
†Joermungandr bolti
Mann et al., 2021

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).

The genus was named after Jörmungandr, a creature from Norse mythology.

References

  1. ^ Mann, Arjan; Calthorpe, Ami S.; Maddin, Hillary C. (2021). "Joermungandr bolti, an exceptionally preserved 'microsaur' from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte reveals patterns of integumentary evolution in Recumbirostra". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (7): 210319. doi:10.1098/rsos.210319. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 8292758. PMID 34295525.
"Microsauria"
Tetrapodomorpha
Reptiliomorpha
Microsauria
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"Microsauria"
"Microsauria"
Tuditanidae
Pantylidae
Ostodolepididae
Gymnarthridae
Odonterpetidae
Hapsidopareiidae
Rhynchonkidae
Chthonosauria
Lysorophia
Brachystelechidae
Lissamphibia?
Tuditanus punctulatus

Pantylus cordatus Pelodosotis elongatum

Brachydectes newberryi
Taxon identifiers
Joermungandr bolti
Joermungandr
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