Malasaurus

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.



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