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Millerosaurus ornatus
Taxonomy
Millerosaurus ornatus was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is R.C. 78, a partial skull (posterior half), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Millerosaurus.
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.
†Millerosaurus ornatus Broom 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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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: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Millerosaurus ornatus (type locality: 80219) |