Rileymillerus
| Rileymillerus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Metoposauroidea |
| Genus: | †Rileymillerus Bolt and Chatterjee, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| †Rileymillerus cosgriffi Bolt and Chatterjee, 2000 | |
Rileymillerus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Triassic of Texas.[1] It is closely related to metoposaurids.[2]
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram from Schoch (2008):
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References
- ↑ Bolt, John R.; Chatterjee, Sankar (2000). "A New Temnospondyl Amphibian from the Late Triassic of Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (4): 670. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0670:ANTAFT>2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Schoch, R. R. (2008). "A new stereospondyl from the German Middle Triassic, and the origin of the Metoposauridae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 152: 79–11. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00363.x.
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