Perplexisaurus

Perplexisaurus; Temporal range: Middle-Late Permian; ~265–252.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Perplexisaurus foveatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Therocephalia
Clade:	†Eutherocephalia
Genus:	†Perplexisaurus; Tatarinov 1997
Species
	†P. foveatus Tatarinov 1997 (type); †P. lepusculus Ivachnenko 2011;

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]

References[edit]

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