Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis Huene 1950 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1950. Die Theriodontier des ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tuebinger Sammlung. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie and Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 92:47-136

Belongs to Silphoictidoides according to M. W. Maisch 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIT/RE/713, a skull. Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin

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