Malasaurus

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Malasaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Genus: Malasaurus
Tatarinov, 2002
Type species
M. germanus
Tatarinov, 2002

Malasaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids which lived in south-eastern Finland and north-western Russia. The type species is Malasaurus germanus. [1]

Related Research Articles

Muchia is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of Russia. Fossils have been found in the Kotelnichsky District of Kirov Oblast. The type species M. microdenta was named in 2011. Muchia is known only from a fragment of the lower jaw, making its classification among therocephalians uncertain. It is thought to be within the subfamily Tetracynodontinae, part of the larger group Baurioidea. Other members of the group such as Tetracynodon and Malasaurus are known from more complete material, and have small elongated skulls. Muchia probably had a similar appearance to these therocephalians.

References

  1. Tatarinov, L.P. (2002). "Gomphodont cynodonts (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Middle Triassic of Orenburg Region". Paleontological Journal. 36 (3): 176–179.