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Aloposaurus gracilis

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Aloposaurus gracilis was named by Broom (1910). Its type specimen is AMNH 5317, a partial skull (Incomplete and crushed skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuilspoort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Aloposaurus gracilis Broom
1913Aloposaurus gracilis Broom
1937Aloposaurus gracilis Huene p. 302
1989Aloposaurus gracilis Sigogneau-Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusAloposaurusBroom 1910
speciesgracilisBroom 1910

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Aloposaurus gracilis Broom 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available