Name:
Infernovenator
(Hell hunter).
Phonetic: In-fer-no-ven-ah-tor.
Named By: A. Mann, J. D. Pardo &
H. C. Maddin - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Lepospondyli,
Lysorophia, Molgophidae.
Species: I. steenae (type).
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, Illinois - Mazon Creek
lagerst�tte.
Time period: Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Almost complete.
Infernovenator
is a genus of lepospondyl with a serpentine body that lived in North
America during the Carboniferous.
Further reading
- Infernovenator steenae, a new serpentine
recumbirostran from the
‘Mazon Creek’ Lagert�tte further clarifies lysorophian origins. -
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society XX:1-12 - A. Mann,
J. D. Pardo & H. C. Maddin - 2019.
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