Biology:Ruhuhucerberus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids

Ruhuhucerberus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Ruhuhucerberus.png
Holotype skull
Scientific classification e
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.[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, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5474425 entry