Ruhuhucerberus
| Ruhuhucerberus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Holotype skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| 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. Its fossils are found in the Penman Kawinga formation of the Ruhuhu Basin. It existed sympatrically with the even larger Rubidgea.[1]
References
- ↑ 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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