''Alrausuchus'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian

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. It was named by M.F. Ivakhnenko in 2008, as a reclassification of the species '' Biarmosuchus tagax'' that Ivachnenko had named in 1990. Ivachnenko erected the monotypic family Alrausuchidae for the genus.

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Biarmosuchians Prehistoric therapsid genera Permian Russia Fossils of Russia Fossil taxa described in 2008 {{paleo-therapsid-stub