Milosaurus
Milosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids native to Illinois that was alive during the latest Carboniferous and earliest Permian.[1][2] It was named in 1970 on the basis of FMNH 701, a partial skeleton (a pelvis, a hind limb and pes and caudal vertebrae).[3]
Milosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Eupelycosauria |
Clade: | Haptodontiformes |
Genus: | †Milosaurus DeMar, 1970 |
Type species | |
†Milosaurus mccordi DeMar, 1970 |
See also
References
- The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
- R. R. Reisz. 1986. Pelycosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A:1-102
- R. DeMar. 1970. A primitive pelycosaur from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Journal of Paleontology 44(1):154-163
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