Aloposaurus

{{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 Broom, 1910 (type)
• {{extinct}}A. tenuis (Brink and Kitching, 1953 [originally Aloposauroides tenuis])

| synonyms =

• Aloposauroides Brink and Kitching, 1953

}}

Aloposaurus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It was first named by Robert Broom in 1910, and contains the type species A. gracilis, and possibly a second species A. tenuis.{{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}} 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}}.