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Malasaurus

Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

Taxonomy
Malasaurus was named by Tatarinov (2002).

It was assigned to Scaloposauridae by Tatarinov (2008); and to Tetracynodontinae by Ivakhnenko (2011).

Species
M. germanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Malasaurus Tatarinov
2008Malasaurus Tatarinov
2011Malasaurus Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyLycideopoideaBroom 1931
familyScaloposauridaeBroom 1914
subfamilyTetracynodontinae
genusMalasaurusTatarinov 2002

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Malasaurus Tatarinov 2002
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†Malasaurus germanus Tatarinov 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:42
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Vyatkian or 259.51000 to 256.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) M. germanus (86356)