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Millerosaurus

Millerosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, Changhsingian
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Reconstruction of Millerosaurus lying on a stone.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: †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 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

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  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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