Infernovenator

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 lagerstätte.
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’ ‬Lagertätte 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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