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|fossil_range = Late Jurassic {{fossilrange|161.2|150.8|ref=[}}]
|image = Karaurus sharovi skeleton 34.JPG
|image_caption = Fossil skeleton
|taxon = Karaurus
|authority = Ivachnenko, 1978
|type_species = †Karaurus sharovi
|type_species_authority = Ivachnenko, 1978
|display_parents = 2
}}Karaurus (meaning head-tail) is an extinct genus of salamander-like amphibian from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian–Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan. It is one of the oldest salamanders known. Karaurus was about {{convert|20|cm|in}} long, and very similar anatomically to modern salamanders. It probably swam through fresh water feeding on aquatic snails, worms, crustaceans and insects.[1]References1. ^{{cite book |editor=Palmer, D.|year=1999 |title= The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals|publisher= Marshall Editions|location=London|page= 57|isbn= 1-84028-152-9}}
}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q94874}}{{paleo-amphibian-stub}} 5 : Prehistoric amphibians|Late Jurassic amphibians|Prehistoric amphibians of Asia|Prehistoric amphibian genera|Fossil taxa described in 1978 |