Ruhuhucerberus
Extinct genus of therapsids
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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]
| Ruhuhucerberus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Holotype skull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rubidgeinae |
| Genus: | †Ruhuhucerberus Maisch 2002 |
| Type species | |
| †Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni (Huene 1950) | |
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