Aloposaurus gracilis Broom 1910 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Belongs to Aloposaurus according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989

See also Broom 1913 and Huene 1937

Sister taxa: Aloposaurus tenuis, Cyniscops broomianus

Type specimen: AMNH 5317, a partial skull (Incomplete and crushed skull). Its type locality is Kuilspoort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kuilspoort

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