Millerosaurus Temporal range:
Late Permian,
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Reconstruction of Millerosaurus lying on a stone. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | † Parareptilia |
Order: | † Millerosauria |
Family: | † Millerettidae |
Genus: | †
Millerosaurus Broom, 1948 |
Species | |
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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] Unlike many other parareptiles, it had 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]