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Milleretta rubidgei

Osteichthyes - Millerettidae

Taxonomy
Millerina rubidgei was named by Broom (1938). Its type specimen is R.C. 14, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Weltevreden, Nieu Bethesda (Graaff-Reinet), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Milleretta.

It was recombined as Milleretta rubidgei by Broom (1948), Watson (1957), Gow (1972).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Millerina rubidgei Broom
1948Milleretta rubidgei Broom
1948Millerettoides platyceps Broom
1948Millerettops kitchingi Broom
1957Milleretta rubidgei Watson p. 355 fig. 14
1972Milleretta rubidgei Gow pp. 222, 262 figs. 1-4, 6-17; pls. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
familyMillerettidaeRomer 1956
genusMilleretta
speciesrubidgei(Broom 1938)

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.

†Milleretta rubidgei Broom 1938
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Invalid names: Millerettoides platyceps Broom 1948 [synonym], Millerettops kitchingi Broom 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) Milleretta rubidgei (174736)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) Milleretta rubidgei (80826)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Eastern Cape) Milleretta rubidgei (80216) Millerettoides platyceps (80225) Millerettops kitchingi (80219) Millerina rubidgei (type locality: 80220)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Western Cape) Milleretta rubidgei (80178 89859)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902South Africa (Western Cape) Milleretta rubidgei (80223)