Ruhuhucerberus
Name:
Ruhuhucerberus.
Phonetic: Ru-hu-hu-ser-beh-rus.
Named By: M. W. Maisch - 2002.
Synonyms: Aelurognathus haughtoni,
Ruhuhucerberus terror, Sycosaurus terror.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Gorgonopsidae.
Species: R. haughtoni
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Holotype skull roughly about 39
centimetres long.
Known locations: Tanzania - Penman Kawinga
Formation.
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Mostly skull material from at
least two individuals.
Ruhuhucerberus is a genus of gorgonopsid that lived in Tanzania during the Permian. The Ruhuhucerberus type species was originally named as a species of Aelurognathus called A. aughtoni, but was split and elevated to genus level by Maisch in 2002. A second species of Ruhuhucerberus, R. terror, is now considered to be synonymous with the type species.
Further reading
- Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates: Part 3: notes
on the gorgonopsians from the Upper Permian of Tanzania. - Neues
Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und Pal�ontologie. - M. W. Maisch -
2002.
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