Milleretta

Milleretta Temporal range: Changhsingian, 252.5–251 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Millerosauria
Family:	†Millerettidae
Genus:	†Milleretta Broom, 1948
Type species
†Milleretta rubidgei (Broom, 1938 [originally Millerina])
Synonyms
Genus-level: Millerettoides Broom, 1948 Millerettops Broom, 1948 Species-level: Millerettoides platyceps Broom, 1948 Millerettops kitchingi Broom, 1948 Millerina rubidgei Broom, 1938 [preoccupied by an arthropod Malloch, 1925

Milleretta is an extinct genus of millerettid parareptile from the Late Permian of South Africa. Fossils have been found at the Balfour Formation.^[1] Milleretta is a moderately sized, lizard-like animal, about 60 centimetres (24 in) in length. It was probably insectivorous.^[2]

External links

• Another site with reconstruction, but in German.
• Skull photograph.

References

1. Marcello Ruta, Juan C. Cisneros, Torsten Liebrecht, Linda A. Tsuji and Johannes Müller (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. Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 65. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.