Millerosauria

Extinct order of reptiles

Millerosauria
Temporal range: Middle to Late Permian, 265.8–251 Ma
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An illustration of Milleretta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Millerosauria
Watson, 1957
Families
Synonyms
  • Millerosauroidea Romer, 1966

Millerosauria is an order of Parareptiles that contains the families †Millerettidae and †Eunotosauridae. It is the sister group to the order Procolophonomorpha. It was named in 1957 by Watson. It was once considered a suborder of the disused group Captorhinida and was called Millerosauroidea. All members of this order are thought to be extinct. Eunotosaurus has been recovered as a stem-turtle in recent cladistic studies.[1]

References

  1. ^ Schoch RR, Sues HD (2015) A Middle Triassic stem-turtle and the evolution of the turtle body plan. Nature doi: 10.1038/nature14472. [Epub ahead of print]
  • "Millerosauria". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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Taxon identifiers
Millerosauria


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