Rubidgina
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''Rubidgina'' is a genus of
Biarmosuchia Biarmosuchia is an extinct clade of non-mammalian synapsids from the Permian. Biarmosuchians are the most basal group of the therapsids. They were moderately-sized, lightly built carnivores, intermediate in form between basal sphenacodont " pel ...
n therapsid from Patrysfontein, Wellwood, South Africa known from RC 55, a skull with lower jaws. This specimen is a putative juvenile. It has been suggested that this specimen actually represents a juvenile of ''
Herpetoskylax ''Herpetoskylax'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids which existed in South Africa. The type species is ''Herpetoskylax hopsoni''.Sidor, C.A., and Rubidge, B.S. (2006). "''Herpetoskylax hopsoni'', a new biarmosuchian (Therapsida: Bia ...
hopsoni.'' 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.


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Biarmosuchia Prehistoric therapsid genera Lopingian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 1942 {{paleo-therapsid-stub