- Name
- Aelurosaurus felinus
- Authority
- Owen, 1881
- Meaning of generic name
- Cat Lizard [in Greek]
- Meaning of specific name
- cat like [in Latin]
- Size
- Skull length: 13 cm ,Length: 0.7 m?
- Remains
- Holotype: partial skull
- Age and Distribution
- Horizon: Cistecephalus assemblage zone, Beaufort group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian).
Type locality: Karoo basin, South Africa. - Classification
- Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae
- Further Reading
- Owen, R., 1881, On the Order Theriodontia, with a Description of a new genus and species (Aelurosaurus felinus, Ow): Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 37, p. 261-265.
- Synonyms
- Aelurosaurus tenuirostris Broom, 1911; Aelurosaurus striatidens Broom, 1912; Aelurosauroides watsoni Boonstra, 1934
- Image by Nobu Tamura (click to enlarge)
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Tuesday 26 November 2013
Aelurosaurus felinus
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As to one Creationist Suspicion I had on this one, see:
ReplyDeleteAssorted retorts from yahoo boards and elsewhere : ... or Preliminary Answers on AronRa's Phylogeny Challenge (with a correction on the "Permian Otter" or "Teckel")
http://assortedretorts.blogspot.com/2014/02/or-preliminary-answers-on-aronras.html