Aelurosaurus brevirostris Broom 1948 (therapsid)

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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