Aelurosaurus

Aelurosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
Holotype skull of A. felinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Clade:	Theriodontia
Suborder:	†Gorgonopsia
Genus:	†Aelurosaurus Owen, 1881
Species
†A. felinus Owen, 1881 (type) †A. polyodon (Broom, 1935 [originally Galerhinus polyodon]) †A. whaitsi Broom, 1911 †A. wilmanae (Broom, 1940 [originally Aelurosauroides wilmanae])
Synonyms
Aelurosauroides Boonstra, 1934 Aelurosauropsis Haughton and Brink, 1954 Galerhinus Broom, 1935

Restoration of A. felinus

Aelurosaurus ("cat lizard", from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος "cat" and σαῦρος "lizard") is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was first named by Owen in 1881, and contains four species, A. felinus, A. polyodon, A. whaitsi, and A. wilmanae.^[1]

It had a very small size, reaching only 0.70 m (2.3 ft) in length with a 13 cm skull.^[2]

References

1. Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ("Aelurognathus"? parringtoni) (PDF) (Thesis). Dissertation Universität Tübingen.
2. https://sites.google.com/site/palaeocritti/by-group/gorgonopsia/aelurosaurus

Sources

• paleodb.org