Rubidgea Broom 1938 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Synonyms: Broomicephalus Brink and Kitching 1953, Titanogorgon Maisch 2002

Full reference: R. Broom. 1938. On a new family of carnivorous therapsids from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Series B) 108:527-533

Parent taxon: Rubidgeini according to C. F. Kammerer 2016

See also Broom 1948, Carroll 1988 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989

Sister taxa: Clelandina, Dinogorgon, Leontosaurus

Subtaxa: Rubidgea atrox

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Type: Rubidgea mackayi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (10 collections), Tanzania (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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