Alrausuchus
Encyclopedia
Alrausuchus is an extinct genus of synapsid
which existed in Russia
. It was named by M.F. Ivakhnenko in 2008, as a reclassification of the species Biarmosuchus
tagax, which Ivachnenko had named in 1990
Synapsid
Synapsids are a group of animals that includes mammals and everything more closely related to mammals than to other living amniotes. They are easily separated from other amniotes by having an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each, accounting for their name...
which existed in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was named by M.F. Ivakhnenko in 2008, as a reclassification of the species Biarmosuchus
Biarmosuchus
Biarmosuchus tener was a therapsid that lived around 255 mya during the late Permian period. It was discovered in the Perm region of Russia. The specimen was found in channel sandstone that was deposited by flood waters originating from the young Ural mountains. The species is the most primitive of...
tagax, which Ivachnenko had named in 1990