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
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] Jenkins et al. (2025) recognized both species of Millerosaurus as juvenile individuals of Milleretta, since the observed anatomical differences can be explained by changes seen through ontogeny in the latter. Under this reinterpretation, Millerosaurus would be a junior synonym of Milleretta.[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.


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerosaurus_ornatus