Jormungandr Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian),
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Jormungandr walhallaensis Zietlow, Boyd & van Vranken 2023
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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.