Ruhuhucerberus

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
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)
Synonyms
Aelurognathus haughtoni Huene 1950 Leontocephalus haughtoni Sigogneau 1970 Ruhuhucerberus terror Maisch 2002 Sycosaurus terror Gebauer 2007

Artist's reconstruction of R. haughtoni