Genus: Malasaurus TATARINOV, 2002
Etymolgoy: Latin, mala, "jaw" and Greek, sauros, "lizard": Jaw lizard.

Species: germanus TATARINOV, 2002
Etymology Latin, germanus, "allied."

Holotype: PIN 1538/38

Locality: Purly, Pizhma River, Vyatka basin, Tonshaevskii District, Nizhnii Novgorod Province, European Russia.

Horizon: Vyatkian Horizon, Upper Vyatkian Substage.

Biostratigraphy: Vyazniki Faunal Assemblage.

Age: Upper Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, upper Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.

Material: Left dentary with teeth.