Rubidgina

Rubidgina
Temporal range: 259–254 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Genus: Rubidgina
Broom, 1942
Species:
R. angusticeps[1]
Binomial name
Rubidgina angusticeps[1]
Broom, 1942

Rubidgina is a genus of Biarmosuchian therapsid from Patrysfontein, Wellwood, South Africa known from RC 55, a skull with lower jaws. This specimen is a putative juvenile.[2] It has been suggested that this specimen actually represents a juvenile of Herpetoskylax hopsoni.[3] However, because the specimen lacks distinctive features, it cannot be determined if it is actually a juvenile of Herpetoskylax or if its current name of Rubidgina should remain.[2]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Rubidgina".
  2. ^ a b Duhamel, Alienor; Benoit, Julien; Day, Michael; Rubidge, Bruce; Fernandez, Vincent (2021). "Computed Tomography elucidates ontogeny within the basal therapsid clade Biarmosuchia". PeerJ. 9: e11866. doi:10.7717/peerj.11866. PMC 8403480. PMID 34527434. S2CID 237512866.
  3. ^ Sidor, A; Rubidge, S (2014). "Herpetoskylax hopsoni, a New Biarmosuchian (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Beaufort Group of South Africa (project)". MorphoBank datasets. doi:10.7934/p727. Retrieved 2022-12-28.