Aelurosaurus
| Aelurosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
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| Holotype skull of A. felinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Genus: | †Aelurosaurus Owen, 1881 |
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Aelurosaurus ("cat lizard", from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος "cat" and σαῦρος "lizard") is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was first named by Owen in 1881, and contains four species, A. felinus, A. polyodon, A. whaitsi, and A. wilmanae.[1]
It had a very small size, reaching only 0.70 m (2.3 ft) in length with a 13 cm skull.[2]
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.
- ^ https://sites.google.com/site/palaeocritti/by-group/gorgonopsia/aelurosaurus
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