Ruhuhucerberus

Ruhuhucerberus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
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
Holotype skull of R. terror, which is now considered a junior synonym of R. haughtoni

Ruhuhucerberus is an extinct genus of very large, extinct gorgonopsian therapsids 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

  1. ↑ Kammerer, C. F. (2016). Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia). PeerJ, 4, e1608. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1608
  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. 4: 237–251.


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