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Ruhuhucerberus

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)
Synonyms
  • Aelurognathus haughtoni Huene, 1950
  • Ruhuhucerberus terror Maisch, 2002

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.


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