Ruthiromia Eberth and Brinkman 1983 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: D. A. Eberth and D. Brinkman. 1983. Ruthiromia elcobriensis, a New Pelycosaur from El Cobre Canyon, New Mexico. Breviora 474:1-26

Parent taxon: Varanodontinae according to F. Spindler et al. 2018

See also Eberth and Brinkman 1983 and Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: Aerosaurus, Mycterosaurus, Tambacarnifex, Varanodon, Varanops, Watongia

Subtaxa: Ruthiromia elcobriensis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at El Cobre Canyon (Cutler Formation) (Carboniferous of New Mexico)

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