Biarmosuchus

Biarmosuchus
Temporal range: Wordian, 267 Ma
Mounted skeleton of B. tener (above) and restoration (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Biarmosuchidae
Genus: Biarmosuchus
Tchudinov, 1960
Type species
Biarmosuchus tener
Tchudinov, 1960
Other Species
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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 was deposited by flood waters originating from the young Ural Mountains.