Ruhuhucerberus
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]
| Ruhuhucerberus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Holotype skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | †Ruhuhucerberus Maisch 2002 |
| Type species | |
| †Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni (Huene 1950) | |
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Artist's reconstruction of R. haughtoni
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. 2002 (4): 237–251. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/237.
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| Gorgonopsidae |
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