Aloposaurus

Aloposaurus; Temporal range: Late Permian
	Life restoration of Aloposaurus gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia
Genus:	†Aloposaurus; Broom, 1910
Species
	†A. gracilis Broom, 1910 (type); †A. tenuis (Brink and Kitching, 1953 [originally Aloposauroides tenuis]);
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.[1] 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). Aloposaurus is known from a single weathered skull from a probable immature individual.[2]

Classification

Aloposaurus gracilis skull restoration, specimen 5317

Aloposaurus

Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):[1]

Gorgonopsia

Aloposaurus

Njalila

	Sycosaurus

	Clelandina

References

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.
"Aloposaurus", palaeocritti.com.

Sources

paleodb.org

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[GEVI07-1] 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.

[2] "Aloposaurus", palaeocritti.com.