Biology:Perplexisaurus

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Short description: Genus of therapsid from the Middle to Late Permian of Russia

Perplexisaurus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Permian
~265–252.3 Ma
Perplexisaurus foveatus.jpg
Life restoration of Perplexisaurus foveatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Clade: Eutherocephalia
Genus: Perplexisaurus
Tatarinov 1997
Species
  • P. foveatus Tatarinov 1997 (type)
  • P. lepusculus Ivachnenko 2011

Perplexisaurus is a genus of therocephalian therapsid from the Middle to Late Permian Deltavjatia vjatkensis Assemblage Zone, Vanyushonki Member of the Urpalov Formation of Russia . It was described by L. P. Tatarinov in 1997, and the type species is P. foveatus. A new species, P. lepusculus, was described by M.F. Ivachnenko in 2011, from Russia .[1]

References

  1. Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 45 (9): 981–1144. doi:10.1134/S0031030111090012.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1835506 entry