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(Redirected from Broomia perplexa) Extinct genus of reptiles

Broomia
Temporal range: Middle Permian, Capitanian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Millerosauria
Family: Millerettidae
Genus: Broomia
Watson, 1914
Type species
Broomia perplexa
Watson, 1914

Broomia is an extinct genus of millerettid parareptile from the Middle Permian (Capitanian stage) of South Africa. It was originally described by D. M. S. Watson.

References

  1. ^ Watson, D.M.S. (1914). "Broomia perplexa, gen. et sp. nov. a fossil reptile from South Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1914: 995–1010.
  2. Marcello Ruta; Juan C. Cisneros; Torsten Liebrect; Linda A. Tsuji; Johannes Muller (2011). "Amniotes through major biological crises: faunal turnover among Parareptiles and the end-Permian mass extinction". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1117–1137. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01051.x.
Sauropsida (Reptilia sensu lato)
Tetrapodomorpha
Reptiliomorpha
Sauropsida
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Sauropsida
Sauropsida
Acleistorhinidae
Bolosauridae
Mesosauria
Millerettidae
Procolophonia
Diapsida
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Mesosaurus tenuidens Milleretta rubidgei
Diapsida
Diapsida
Younginidae
Tangasauridae
Weigeltisauridae
Drepanosauromorpha
Kuehneosauridae
Choristodera
Ichthyosauromorpha
Sauropterygia
Thalattosauria
Sauria
(Crown-Reptilia)
Lepidosauromorpha
Archelosauria
Archosauromorpha
Pantestudines
Hovasaurus boulei

Weigeltisaurus jaekeli

Megalancosaurus preonensis
See also
Possible sauropsids
Other taxa
Taxon identifiers
Broomia


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