Millerettidae Temporal range:
Middle-
Late Permian,
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Life restoration of Milleretta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | † Parareptilia |
Order: | † Millerosauria |
Family: | †
Millerettidae Watson, 1957 |
Subgroups | |
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Millerettidae is an extinct family of parareptiles from the Middle Permian to the Late Permian period ( Capitanian - Changhsingian stages) of South Africa. [1] The millerettids were small insectivores and probably resembled modern lizards in appearance and lifestyle.
The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic position of the Millerettidae, from Ruta et al., 2011. [1]