Joermungandr bolti

Joermungandr bolti
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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.

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