Genus: Aelurosuchus BROOM, 1909
Etymology: Greek, ailouros, “cat” and Greek, soukhos, “crocodile”: Cat crocodile.

Species: browni BROOM, 1909
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Holotype: SAM 5875

Locality: Aliwal North, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Pristerognathus Assemblage zone (Diictodon-Pristerognathus Assemblage zone, Tapinocephalus zone of WATSON 1914, KITCHING, 1970,1977)

Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.

Material: Skull and parts of a skeleton.