''Perplexisaurus'' is a genus of

therocephalian Therocephalia is an extinct clade of therapsids (mammals and their close extinct relatives) from the Permian and Triassic periods. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their te ...

therapsid from the

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Late Permian Late or LATE may refer to: Everyday usage * Tardy, or late, not being on time * Late (or the late) may refer to a person who is dead Music * ''Late'' (The 77s album), 2000 * Late (Alvin Batiste album), 1993 * Late!, a pseudonym used by Dave Groh ...

''Deltavjatia vjatkensis'' Assemblage Zone, Vanyushonki Member of the Urpalov Formation of

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. 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

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

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''Perplecisaurus''
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1835506 Eutherocephalia Guadalupian synapsids Lopingian synapsids of Europe Fossils of Russia Fossil taxa described in 1997