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Aloposaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Aloposaurus gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia
Genus:	†Aloposaurus Broom, 1910
Species
†A. gracilis Broom, 1910 (type) †A. tenuis (Brink and Kitching, 1953 )
Synonyms
Aloposauroides Brink and Kitching, 1953

Aloposaurus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was first named by Robert Broom in 1910, and contains the type species A. gracilis, and possibly a second species A. tenuis. This small gorgonopsid had a slender narrow skull only 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long, with a total body length of 60–70 cm (2.0–2.3 ft).

Classification

Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):

References

1. ^ Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ("Aelurognathus"? parringtoni) (PDF) (Thesis). Dissertation Universität Tübingen.

Sources

• paleodb.org

v t e Gorgonopsia
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Synapsida see Synapsida Gorgonopsia see below↓ Gorgonopsia
Gorgonopsia Aelurosaurus Aloposaurus Cyonosaurus "Dixeya" nasuta Nochnitsa Scylacops Viatkogorgon Russian clade Inostrancevia Pravoslavlevia Sauroctonus Suchogorgon African clade Arctognathus Arctops Cynariops Eriphostoma Gorgonops Lycaenops Phorcys Smilesaurus Rubidgeinae Aelurognathus Ruhuhucerberus Sycosaurus Rubidgeini Clelandina Dinogorgon Leontosaurus Rubidgea Nomina dubia Arctosuchus Broomisaurus Cerdorhinus Leogorgon? Paragalerhinus Wangwusaurus?
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