Millerettids Temporal range: Permian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Subclass: | Anapsida |
(unranked): | Parareptilia |
Family: | †Millerettidae Watson, 1957 |
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The millerettids are an extinct group of anapsids that lived in South Africa during the Upper Permian. They were small insectivores and probably resembled modern lizards in appearance and lifestyle.