Alrausuchus
Extinct genus of therapsids
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Alrausuchus is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids from Russia. It was named by M.F. Ivakhnenko in 2008, as a reclassification of the species Biarmosuchus tagax that Ivachnenko had named in 1990. Ivachnenko erected the monotypic family Alrausuchidae for the genus.[1]
| Alrausuchus Temporal range: Middle Permian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Alrausuchidae Ivakhnenko, 2008 |
| Genus: | †Alrausuchus Ivakhnenko, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Alrausuchus tagax Ivakhnenko, 1990 | |
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