Alrausuchus

Name: Alrausuchus (Alrau crocodile).
Phonetic: Al-rhow-soo-kus.
Named By: M. F. Ivakhnenko - 2008.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida, Biarmosuchia.
Species: A. tagax (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Not a crocodile, Alrausuchus was a biarmosuchian therapsid. Alrausuchus was originally classified as a species of Biarmosuchus, B. tagax.

Further reading
- Cranial morphology and evolution of Permian Dinomorpha (Eotherapsida) of Eastern Europe, M. F. Ivakhnenko - 2008.

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