Broomia

Broomia; Temporal range: Middle Permian, Capitanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Subclass:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Millerosauria
Family:	†Millerettidae
Genus:	†Broomia; Watson, 1914
Type species
	†Broomia perplexa; Watson, 1914

Broomia is an extinct genus of millerettid reptiles from the Middle Permian (Capitanian stage) of South Africa.^[2] It was originally described by D. M. S. Watson.^[1]

Research by Jenkins and colleagues (2025) based on synchrotron data and an expansive phylogenetic dataset recovered the Millerettidae as the sister group to the Neodiapsida, close to the reptile crown group. Broomia was recovered as the sister taxon to the clade formed by Milleropsis, Milleretta, and Millerosaurus. These results are displayed in the cladogram below, with taxa traditionally regarded as 'parareptiles' highlighted:^[3]

	†Pareiasauromorpha

	†Procolophonoidea

†Mesosauridae

†Cabarzia

	†Ascendonanus

	†Orovenator

Parapleurota

Neodiapsida

†Millerettidae

†Lanthanolania

†Broomia

†Milleropsis

	†Milleretta

	†Millerosaurus

former 'parareptiles'

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ Jenkins, Xavier A; Benson, Roger BJ; Ford, David P; Browning, Claire; Fernandez, Vincent; Dollman, Kathleen; Gomes, Timothy; Griffiths, Elizabeth; Choiniere, Jonah N; Peecook, Brandon R (2025-08-28). "Evolutionary assembly of crown reptile anatomy clarified by late Paleozoic relatives of Neodiapsida". Peer Community Journal. 5. e89. doi:10.24072/pcjournal.620. ISSN 2804-3871.