New mosasaur named for a mythical Norse sea serpent

Did you know? Mosasaurs’ closest living relatives are today’s lizards and snakes! Meet Amelia Zietlow, a comparative biology student in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Graduate School. She studies the evolution, ontogeny, morphology, and intraspecific variation of lizards and snakes, particularly mosasaurs. Many thanks to the North Dakota Geological Survey for the Jormungandr walhallaensis footage! #fossils #womeninstem

[@AJB4D]

Well done short. Would be incredible if we could get one of these every week or two.
Just some well put together information, shared and explained gracefully.
Hopefully enough others give this the thumb. Moar pleeze!

[@weakly4638]

Oh my god it’s Amelia from the famed TH-cam channel The Skeleton Crew

[@Gorgonopsidcommenter]

Hey thats Amelia! From the Skeleton Crew!

[@nobletrashspencer]

Do you think naming it this will confuse future historians? -a dude that has a history degree

[@perumafioso517]

It's the Skeleton Crewer!

[@DreadEnder]

Not really as “alongside” as other animals but still the same time and any have occasionally interacted

[@amisfitpuivk]

so did this lead to any modern animals like a gator/croc maybe or did their line end? I know gators are very ancient, but maybe they're cousins

[@VolunteerOfAmerica]

These guys are actually lizards

[@aureliamillner592]

Mosasaurus nearest extant relatives are Varanids (Komodo dragons) and Snakes.

[@thearaucariafarmer556]

This is a wonderful video. Thank you for showing off this amazing ancient biology. Please more shorts of fossils like this (inverts too ☺️ if y'all want)

[@einienj3281]

Cool world snake 🐍🌍

[@effiezoheir1296]

Wooooo from the skeleton crew❤

[@tomberg4026]

So cool

[@thomassizemore5814]

Wahalla like as in South Carolina Wahalla?