Ruhuhucerberus

Ruhuhucerberus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Genus: Ruhuhucerberus
Maisch, 2002
Type species
Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni
(Huene, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Aelurognathus haughtoni Huene, 1950
  • Ruhuhucerberus terror Maisch, 2002
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

  1. 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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