''Alrausuchus'' is an extinct genus of

biarmosuchian Biarmosuchia is an extinct clade of non-mammalian synapsids from the Permian. Biarmosuchians are the most basal group of the therapsids. They were moderately-sized, lightly built carnivores, intermediate in form between basal sphenacodont "pelyc ...

therapsids from

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

. It was named by M.F. Ivakhnenko in 2008, as a reclassification of the species ''

Biarmosuchus ''Biarmosuchus'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids that lived around 267 mya during the Middle Permian period. ''Biarmosuchus'' was discovered in the Perm region of Russia. The first specimen was found in channel sandstone that ...

tagax'' that Ivachnenko had named in 1990. Ivachnenko erected the monotypic family Alrausuchidae for the genus.

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Biarmosuchia Prehistoric therapsid genera Permian Russia Fossils of Russia Fossil taxa described in 2008 {{paleo-therapsid-stub