Milleretta
Milleretta is an extinct genus of millerettid parareptile from the Late Permian of South Africa. Fossils have been found in the Balfour Formation. Milleretta was a moderately sized, lizard-like animal, about 60 centimetres (24 in) in length. It was probably insectivorous. Its only known species is Milleretta rubidgei, making Milleretta a monospecific genus.
| Milleretta Temporal range: Changhsingian, | |
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| life restoration of Milleretta | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Millerosauria |
| Family: | †Millerettidae |
| Genus: | †Milleretta Broom, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| †Milleretta rubidgei (Broom, 1947 [originally Millerina Broom 1938]) | |
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