| Rubidgea Temporal range: Permian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | Rubidgea |
| Species: | Rubidgea atrox Broom, 1948 |
Rubidgea is an extinct genus of therapsid. It had very large canines, longer than the teeth of the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.[1] It lived in the Permian period. Rubidgea reached a length of 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) and had a 46 centimetres (1.51 ft) long skull.[2]