Ruhuhucerberus
| Ruhuhucerberus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Holotype skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | †Ruhuhucerberus Maisch, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| †Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni (Huene, 1950) | |
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Holotype skull of R. terror, which is now considered a junior synonym of R. haughtoni
Ruhuhucerberus is a very large, extinct gorgonopsian therapsid which existed in Tanzania during the Late Permian.[1] Its fossils are found in the Penman Kawinga formation of the Ruhuhu Basin. It existed sympatrically with the even larger Rubidgea.[2]
References
- ↑ Kammerer, C. F. (2016). Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia). PeerJ, 4, e1608. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608
- ↑ M. W. Maisch (2002). "Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates: Part 3: notes on the gorgonopsians from the Upper Permian of Tanzania". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte. 4: 237–251.
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