| Millerosaurus | |
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| Reconstruction ofMillerosaurus lying on a stone. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Millerosauria |
| Family: | †Millerettidae |
| Genus: | †Millerosaurus Broom, 1948 |
| Species | |
Millerosaurus is anextinctgenus ofmillerettidparareptile from theLate Permian (Changhsingian stage) ofSouth Africa.[1] It was a small animal which reached a length of 30 cm.[2] Like many other parareptiles, it had a single pair of holes (fenestrae) behind the eyesockets in the skull. It had a slabsided body, a long tail, and a narrow but triangular skull (about 2 inches long) with large eyes, and is thought to have beeninsectivorous.[2][3]
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