Millerosaurus

Extinct genus of reptiles

Millerosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, Changhsingian
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Reconstruction of Millerosaurus lying on a stone.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Millerosauria
Family: Millerettidae
Genus: Millerosaurus
Broom, 1948
Species
  • M. ornatus Broom, 1948 (type)
  • "M." nuffieldi Watson, 1957

Millerosaurus is an extinct genus of millerettid parareptile from the Late Permian (Changhsingian stage) of South Africa.[1] It was a small animal which reached a length of 30 cm.[2] Like many other parareptiles, it had a single pair of holes (fenestrae) behind the eyesockets in the skull. It had a slabsided body, a long tail, and a narrow but triangular skull (about 2 inches long) with large eyes, and is thought to have been insectivorous.[2][3]

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. ^ a b Benton, Michael J. (2004). Vertebrate Palaeontology. Vol. 13 (3rd ed.). Wiley. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-632-05637-8.
  3. ^ "Major Subgroups". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
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