Name
Aloposaurus (Fox lizard).
Phonetic
A-lop-loe-sore-us.
Named By
Classification
Chordata, Therapsida, Gorgonopsia.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
A. gracilis
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.
- Observations on some specimens of South African Fossil Reptiles preserved in the British Museum, Robert broom - 1910.
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