Milosaurus
Milosaurus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous-Early Permian,
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Eupelycosauria |
Clade: | Metopophora |
Clade: | Haptodontiformes |
Genus: | †Milosaurus DeMar, 1970 |
Type species | |
†Milosaurus mccordi DeMar, 1970
|
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]
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
Categories:
- Prehistoric eupelycosaurs
- Prehistoric synapsid genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1970
- Prehistoric synapsid stubs