Aloposaurus
Name:
Aloposaurus
(Fox lizard).
Phonetic: A-lop-loe-sore-us.
Named By: Robert Broom - 1910.
Synonyms: Aloposauroides.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Gorgonopsia.
Species: A. gracilis
(type), A. tenuis.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull 12 centimetres long. total body
length estimate at around 60-70 centimetres long.
Known locations: South Africa, Karoo Basin.
Time period: Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Based upon a single skull of
a possibly juvenile individual. Remains of second species identified.
A fairly small gorgonopsid therapsid, Aloposaurus was represented by only a weather eroded skull until the addition of a second species in 1953. This came about from a study that found another genus called Aloposauroides was actually the same as Aloposaurus.
Further reading
- Observations on some specimens of South African Fossil Reptiles
preserved in the British Museum, Robert broom - 1910.
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