''Ruthiromia'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
varanopid
Varanopidae is an extinct family of amniotes that resembled monitor lizards and may have filled a similar niche, hence the name. Typically, they are considered synapsids that evolved from an '' Archaeothyris''-like synapsid in the Late Carbonifer ...
synapsid
Synapsids + (, 'arch') > () "having a fused arch"; synonymous with ''theropsids'' (Greek, "beast-face") are one of the two major groups of animals that evolved from basal amniotes, the other being the sauropsids, the group that includes reptil ...
s from the
Early Permian of the United States.
See also
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List of pelycosaurs
This list of pelycosaurs is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the synapsida excluding therapsida and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera t ...
References
* Eberth, D. A. & Brinkman, D. 1983. ''Ruthiromia elcobriensis, a new pelycosaur from El Cobre Canyon, New Mexico''. ''Breviora'' 474: 1-27.
Varanopids
Prehistoric synapsid genera
Cisuralian synapsids of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1983
Cisuralian genus first appearances
Cisuralian genus extinctions
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