Aloposaurus
Sign in to saveAloposaurus 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 (holotype AMNH 5317), and possibly a second species A. tenuis. This small gorgonopsid had a slender narrow skull only long, with a total body length of .
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- Parent taxon
- Gorgonopidae
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- Aloposaurus BW.jpg
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- taxon name
- Aloposaurus
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- genus
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- Aloposaurus
- location of discovery
- South Africa
- time period
- Lopingian
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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 (holotype AMNH 5317), and possibly a second species A. tenuis. This small gorgonopsid had a slender narrow skull only long, with a total body length of .
==Classification== thumb|left|Aloposaurus gracilis skull restoration, specimen 5317 thumb|left|Aloposaurus Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):
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