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Malasaurus

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Malasaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

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