{{Short description|Extinct genus of therapsids}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Permian | image = Aloposaurus BW.jpg | image_caption = Life restoration of ''Aloposaurus gracilis'' | taxon = Aloposaurus | authority = Broom, 1910 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * {{extinct}}''A. gracilis'' <small>Broom, 1910 (type)</small> * {{extinct}}''A. tenuis'' <small>(Brink and Kitching, 1953 [originally ''Aloposauroides tenuis''])</small> | synonyms = * ''Aloposauroides'' <small>Brink and Kitching, 1953</small> }}

'''''Aloposaurus''''' is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was first named by Robert Broom in 1910,<ref>Broom, R. 1910. "A comparison of the Permian reptiles of North America with those of South Africa". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' '''28''': 197–234</ref> and contains the type species ''A. gracilis'' (holotype AMNH 5317), and possibly a second species ''A. tenuis''.<ref name=GEVI07>{{Cite thesis |title=Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ("Aelurognathus"? parringtoni) |url=http://tobias-lib.uni-tuebingen.de/volltexte/2007/2935/pdf/Eva_Gebauer.pdf |last=Gebauer |first=E.V.I. |year=2007 |publisher=Dissertation Universität Tübingen}}</ref> This small gorgonopsid had a slender narrow skull only {{convert|12|cm|in|1}} long, with a total body length of {{convert|60|-|70|cm|ft|1|abbr=on}}.

==Classification== thumb|left|''Aloposaurus gracilis''&nbsp; skull restoration, specimen 5317 thumb|left|''Aloposaurus'' Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):<ref name=GEVI07 />

{{clade| style=font-size:100%;line-height:85% |label1=Gorgonopsia |1={{clade |1=''Aloposaurus'' |2={{clade |1=''Cyonosaurus'' |2={{clade |1=''Aelurosaurus'' |label2=Gorgonopsidae |2={{clade |1=''Scylacognathus'' |2={{clade |1=''Eoarctops'' |2=''Gorgonops'' |3={{clade |1=''Njalila'' |2={{clade |1=''Lycaenops'' |2={{clade |1=''Arctognathus'' |2={{clade |1=''Inostrancevia'' |label2=Rubidgeinae |2={{clade |1=''Aelurognathus'' |2={{clade |1=''Rubidgea'' |2={{clade |1=''Sycosaurus'' |2=''Clelandina'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Sources == * [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39110 paleodb.org]

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Category:Gorgonopsia Category:Prehistoric therapsid genera Category:Lopingian synapsids of Africa Category:Fossil taxa described in 1910 Category:Taxa named by Robert Broom Category:Lopingian genus first appearances Category:Lopingian genus extinctions

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