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

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