Rubidgea
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Rubidgea is an extinct genus
of therapsid. It had very large canines, longer than the teeth of the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex. It lived in the Permian
period. Rubidgea reached a length of 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) and had a 46 centimetres (1.5 ft) long skull.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of therapsid. It had very large canines, longer than the teeth of the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex. It lived in the Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
period. Rubidgea reached a length of 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) and had a 46 centimetres (1.5 ft) long skull.