page_title: Aelurosaurus
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Aelurosaurus / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Aelurosaurus felinus, Late permian of South Africa. Digital.
context_page_description: Aelurosaurus is a small, carnivorous, extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Mid Permian to Late Permian of South Africa. It was discovered in the Karoo Basin of South Africa, and first named by Richard Owen in 1881. It was named so because it appeared to be an ancestor for cat-like marsupials, but not yet a mammal itself. It contains five species, A. felinus, A. whaitsi, A. polyodon, A. wilmanae, and A.? watermeyeri. A. felinus, the type species, is generally well described with established features, while the other four species are not due to their poorly preserved holotypes.
caption: Restoration of A. felinus
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