| Named By: | Robert Broom in 1920 | 
| Time Period: | Wuchiapingian, 260.9-254 Ma | 
| Location: | South Africa | 
| Size: | Skulls about 25.5 centimetres long | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Skulls | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Gorgonopsia | | 
Aelurognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid from the Permian of South Africa.