Jormungandr walhallaensis
Extinct genus of mosasaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the genus of mosasaur. For the sea serpent in Norse mythology, see Jörmungandr. For the genus of extinct recumbirostran, see Joermungandr bolti.
Jormungandr is an extinct genus of mosasaurid squamates from the early Campanian Pierre Shale of North Dakota, United States. The genus contains a single species, J. walhallaensis, known from a nearly-complete skull and partial skeleton. Jormungandr was a medium-sized mosasaur, at around 6–8 metres (20–26 ft) long, and its skeletal anatomy exhibits a mix of features seen in both basal and derived mosasaurines.
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Jormungandr | |
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Life restoration of Jormungandr | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Subfamily: | †Mosasaurinae |
Genus: | †Jormungandr |
Species: | †J. walhallaensis |
Binomial name | |
†Jormungandr walhallaensis Zietlow, Boyd & van Vranken 2023 | |
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