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Milleropsis pricei
Taxonomy
Millerosaurus pricei was named by Watson (1957). Its type specimen is BP/1/720, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swaelkrans, Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Milleropsis.
It was recombined as Milleropsis pricei by Gow (1972).
It was recombined as Milleropsis pricei by Gow (1972).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Milleropsis pricei Watson 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Milleropsis pricei (80219) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Millerosaurus pricei (type locality: 80176) |