Aloposaurus
| Aloposaurus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Life restoration of Aloposaurus gracilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Theriodontia |
| Suborder: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Genus: | †Aloposaurus Broom, 1910 |
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Aloposaurus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was first named by 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]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ "Aloposaurus", palaeocritti.com.
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