†Aelurosaurus felinus Owen 1881 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonyms: Aelurosauroides watsoni Boonstra 1934, Aelurosaurus striatidens Broom 1912, Aelurosaurus tenuirostris Broom 1911
Belongs to Aelurosaurus according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Broom 1911, Broom 1913, Perrier 1928 and Swinton 1934
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus angusticeps, Aelurosaurus brevirostris, Aelurosaurus polyodon, Aelurosaurus watermeyeri, Aelurosaurus whaitsi, Aelurosaurus wilmanae
Type specimens:
- Aelurosaurus felinus: BMNH R 339, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Gouph Tract, Beaufort West, which is in a Guadalupian terrestrial horizon in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
- Aelurosauroides watsoni: BMNH R 855, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Gouph Tract, Beaufort West, which is in a Guadalupian terrestrial horizon in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
- Aelurosaurus striatidens: AMNH 5506, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Kuilspoort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Aelurosaurus tenuirostris: AMNH 5504, a partial skull (Snout). Its type locality is Kuilspoort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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