Name:
Malasaurus.
Phonetic: Mal-ah-sore-us.
Named By: L. P. Tatarinov - 2002.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Therocephalia.
Species: M. germanus (type).
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Mid Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Malasaurus is a genus of therocephalian that lived in what is now Russia during the mid-Triassic.
Further reading
- Gomphodont cynodonts (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Middle
Triassic of Orenburg Region. - Paleontological Journal 36 (3):
176–179. - L. P. Tatarinov - 2002.