Millerosaurus

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Millerosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, Changhsingian
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Reconstruction of Millerosaurus lying on a stone.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass:† Parareptilia
Order:† Millerosauria
Family:† Millerettidae
Genus:† Millerosaurus
Broom, 1948
Species
  • †M. ornatusBroom, 1948 (type)
  • †"M." nuffieldiWatson, 1957

Millerosaurus is an extinct genus of millerettid reptiles from the Late Permian (Changhsingian stage) of South Africa. [1] Both species of Millerosaurus have been recognized as juvenile individuals of Milleretta , rendering the genus a probable nomen dubium . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Marcello Ruta; Juan C. Cisneros; Torsten Liebrect; Linda A. Tsuji; Johannes Muller (2011). "Amniotes through major biological crises: faunal turnover among Parareptiles and the end-Permian mass extinction". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1117–1137. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01051.x .
  2. ↑ Jenkins, Xavier A; Benson, Roger B J; Elliott, Maya; Jeppson, Gabriel; Dollman, Kathleen; Fernandez, Vincent; Browning, Claire; Ford, David P; Choiniere, Jonah; Peecook, Brandon R (2025-03-03). "New information on the anatomically derived millerettid Milleretta rubidgei from the latest Permian based on µCT data". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 203 (3). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf004. ISSN   0024-4082.


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