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Parareptilia ("near-reptiles") is an extinct subclass or clade of basal sauropsids/reptiles, typically considered the sister taxon to Eureptilia (the group that likely contains all living reptiles and birds). Parareptiles first arose near the end of the Carboniferous period and achieved their highest diversity during the Permian period. Several ...
Acleistorhinidae is notable for being the oldest-known parareptilian clade. The family is diagnosed by the presence two synapomorphies : (1) the largest tooth is located far anteriorly on the maxilla ; and (2) cranial ornamentation consists of sparse and shallow circular dimples.
Milleretta is an extinct genus of millerettid parareptile from the Late Permian of South Africa.Fossils have been found in the Balfour Formation. [3] Milleretta was a moderately sized, lizard-like animal, about 60 centimetres (24 in) in length.
Acleistorhinus (ah-kles-toe-RYE-nuss) is an extinct genus of parareptile known from the Early Permian (middle Kungurian stage) of Oklahoma. [1] It is notable for being the earliest known anapsid reptile yet discovered.
The Oldest Living Organism Is Over 2 Billion Years Old Scientists have identified the oldest living species on Earth is a deep sea organism that hasn't evolved in more than two billion years.
Carbonodraco is the oldest known parareptile, and is slightly older than Erpetonyx, the previously oldest known parareptile. Specimens of Carbonodraco are limited to skull and jaw fragments found at the Ohio Diamond Coal mine in Linton, Ohio.
The crocodile who appeared in the 1986 comedy film "Crocodile Dundee" has died. The passing of Burt was announced by the staff at Crocosaurus Cove, a reptile attraction and habitat in Darwin ...
However, Hylonomus, the oldest eureptile known from fossil evidence, lived millions of years before parareptiles appeared in the fossil record. The discovery of Erpetonyx helped to shorten this gap between parareptile and eureptile fossils, as Erpetonyx lived in the Late Carboniferous and is one of the oldest known parareptiles (though ...