| Millerettidae | |
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| Life restoration ofMilleretta | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Millerosauria |
| Family: | †Millerettidae Watson, 1957 |
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Millerettidae is anextinctfamily ofparareptiles from theMiddle Permian to theLate Permian period (Capitanian -Changhsingian stages) ofSouth Africa.[1] Themillerettids were smallinsectivores and probably resembled modernlizards in appearance and lifestyle.
The followingcladogram shows thephylogenetic position of the Millerettidae, from Rutaet al., 2011.[1]
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