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Millerettidae
Taxonomy
Millerettidae was named by Romer (1956). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Captorhinomorpha by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Eosuchia by Olson (1966); to Millerosauria by Watson (1957), Kuhn (1966); to Cotylosauria by Gow (1972); to Millerosauroidea by Carroll (1988); to Parareptilia by Gauthier et al. (1988); to Amniota by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Parareptilia by Laurin and Reisz (1995), Lee (1997); and to Parapleurota by Jenkins et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Captorhinomorpha by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Eosuchia by Olson (1966); to Millerosauria by Watson (1957), Kuhn (1966); to Cotylosauria by Gow (1972); to Millerosauroidea by Carroll (1988); to Parareptilia by Gauthier et al. (1988); to Amniota by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Parareptilia by Laurin and Reisz (1995), Lee (1997); and to Parapleurota by Jenkins et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Entered
by W. Clyde on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2016-07-29
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Nanomilleretta kitchingi Broom |
| 1948 | Nanomilleretta Broom and Robinson |
| 1948 | Nanomilleretta kitchingi Broom and Robinson p. 53 |
| 1954 | Millerettidae Haughton and Brink p. 3 |
| 1956 | Millerettidae Romer |
| 1957 | Nanomilleretta Watson p. 357 |
| 1957 | Millerettidae Watson p. 395 |
| 1966 | Millerettidae Kuhn p. 34 |
| 1966 | Millerettidae Olson p. 301 |
| 1972 | Millerettidae Gow pp. 222, 262 |
| 1988 | Millerettidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Nanomilleretta Carroll |
| 1988 | Millerettidae Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.4 |
| 1989 | Millerettidae Gauthier et al. p. 340 |
| 1995 | Millerettidae Laurin and Reisz pp. 171, 172 fig. 2 |
| 1997 | Millerettidae Lee pp. 199, 200 fig. 1 |
| 2025 | Millerettidae Jenkins et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Millerettidae Romer 1956
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G. †Milleretta Broom 1948
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†Milleretta rubidgei Broom 1938
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Invalid names: Millerettoides platyceps Broom 1948 [synonym], Millerettops kitchingi Broom 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Millerettoides Broom 1948 [synonym], Millerettops Broom 1948 [synonym], Millerina Broom 1938 [replaced]
G. †Millerosaurus Broom 1948
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†Millerosaurus nuffieldi Watson 1957
†Millerosaurus ornatus Broom 1948
Invalid names: Nanomilleretta Broom and Robinson 1948 [nomen dubium], Nanomilleretta kitchingi Broom and Robinson 1948 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Eunotosaurus africanus (88394) | |
| Capitanian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Broomia perplexa (89845) Eunotosaurus africanus (92414) | |
| Capitanian | South Africa (Philippolis) | Eunotosaurus sp. (196357) | |
| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Broomia perplexa (13004) Eunotosaurus africanus (90244 92645 92646 92648) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Milleretta rubidgei (80826) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Milleretta rubidgei (174736) Millerettidae indet. (178805) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Milleretta rubidgei (89859) Millerosaurus pricei (80176) Millerosaurus sp., Milleretta rubidgei (80178) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Milleretta rubidgei (80216) Millerettoides platyceps (80225) Millerina rubidgei (80220) Millerinoides acutirostris (80226) Millerosaurus nuffieldi (89863) Millerosaurus sp., Millerettops kitchingi, Millerosaurus ornatus, Milleropsis pricei (80219) Nanomilleretta kitchingi (80174) | |
| Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Milleretta rubidgei (80223) |