Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Anteosauridae

Synonyms: Anteosaurus abeli Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus acutirostris Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus crassifrons Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus cruentus Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus laticeps Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus levops Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus lotzi Broili and Schröder 1935, Anteosaurus minor Broom 1929, Anteosaurus minusculus Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus parvus Boonstra 1954, Anteosaurus vorsteri Broom 1936, Dinosuchus vorsteri Broom 1936, Micranteosaurus parvus Boonstra 1954, Paranteosaurus primus Boonstra 1954, Pseudanteosaurus minor Broom 1929, Titanognathus lotzi Broili and Schröder 1935

Belongs to Anteosaurus according to C. F. Kammerer 2011

See also Boonstra 1969

Sister taxa: Anteosaurus major, Oudenodon rugosus

Type specimens:

• Anteosaurus magnificus: BMNH R3595, a partial skull. Its type locality is Tamboers Fontein, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
• Anteosaurus abeli: Its type locality is Kruisrivier, Sutherland, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Anteosaurus acutirostris: Its type locality is Kruisvlei, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Anteosaurus crassifrons:
• Anteosaurus cruentus: Its type locality is Koringplaas, Laingsburg, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Anteosaurus laticeps: Its type locality is Dikbome, Laingsburg, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Anteosaurus levops: Its type locality is Mynhardtskraal, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
• Anteosaurus lotzi: Its type locality is Brakwater, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Anteosaurus minor: Its type locality is near Merweville, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Anteosaurus minusculus:
• Anteosaurus parvus:
• Anteosaurus vorsteri:
• Paranteosaurus primus: SAM-PK-11485, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mynhardtskraal, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.