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Malasaurus

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

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Malasaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
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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

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References

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