†Aelurosaurus brevirostris Broom 1948 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Full reference: R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629
Belongs to Aelurosaurus according to R. Broom 1948
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus angusticeps, Aelurosaurus felinus, Aelurosaurus polyodon, Aelurosaurus watermeyeri, Aelurosaurus whaitsi, Aelurosaurus wilmanae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Leeukloof, which is in a Wuchiapingian crevasse splay sandstone/claystone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Leeukloof
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