Biology:Milosaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of synapsids
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Eupelycosauria |
| Clade: | Metopophora |
| Clade: | Haptodontiformes |
| Genus: | †Milosaurus DeMar, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| †Milosaurus mccordi DeMar, 1970
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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
Wikidata ☰ Q5784475 entry
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