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Ruhuhucerberus

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Extinct genus of therapsids

Ruhuhucerberus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Gorgonopsia
Family: †Gorgonopsidae
Subfamily: †Rubidgeinae
Genus: †Ruhuhucerberus
Maisch 2002
Type species
†Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni
(Huene 1950)
Synonyms
  • Aelurognathus haughtoni Huene 1950
  • Leontocephalus haughtoni Sigogneau 1970
  • Ruhuhucerberus terror Maisch 2002
  • Sycosaurus terror Gebauer 2007
Artist's reconstruction of R. haughtoni

Ruhuhucerberus is a genus of very large, extinct gorgonopsian therapsids which existed in Tanzania during the Late Permian. Its fossils are found in the Penman Kawinga Formation of the Ruhuhu Basin. It existed sympatrically with the even larger Rubidgea.

References

  1. Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ. 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. PMC 4730894. PMID 26823998.
  2. 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. 2002 (4): 237–251. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/237.
Gorgonopsia
Synapsida
Gorgonopsia
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Gorgonopsia
Gorgonopsia
Russian clade
African clade
Rubidgeinae
Rubidgeini
Nomina dubia
Gorgonops whaitsii
Taxon identifiers
Ruhuhucerberus


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