Perplexisaurus

Perplexisaurus is a genus of therocephalian therapsid from the Middle to Late Permian Deltavjatia vjatkensis Assemblage Zone, Vanyushonki Member of the Urpalov Formation of Russia. 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 Russia.[1]

Perplexisaurus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Permian
~265–252.3 Ma
Life restoration of Perplexisaurus foveatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Therocephalia
Family: †Ictidosuchidae
Genus: †Perplexisaurus
Tatarinov 1997
Species
  • †P. foveatus Tatarinov 1997 (type)
  • †P. lepusculus Ivachnenko 2011

References
  1. Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 45 (9): 981–1144. doi:10.1134/S0031030111090012.
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