Joermungandr bolti
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).[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | †Recumbirostra |
| Genus: | †Joermungandr Mann et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †J. bolti |
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| †Joermungandr bolti Mann et al., 2021 | |
References
- 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.
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