Ruhuhucerberus Temporal range: Late Permian |
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Holotype skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
Genus: |
†Ruhuhucerberus Maisch, 2002 |
Type species | |
†Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni (Huene, 1950) |
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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.