Genus: Ruhuhucerberus MAISCH, 2002
Etymology: The generic name is combined from Ruhuhu, the name of the sedimentary basin in Tanzania where the holotype was found, and Cerberus, the latinized version of the Greek Kerberos, the three-headed, snake-adorned hell-hound of Greek mythology, some of the monstrous Typhon and Echidna, keeper of the gate of Hades, the nether world of the dead.

Species: haughtoni (HUENE, 1950) KAMMERER, 2016
Etymology: In honor of Sidney Henry Haughton (1888-1982), British Paleontologist.
= Aelurognathus haughtoni HUENE, 1950
= Leontocephalus haughtoni (HUENE, 1950) SIGOGNEAU, 1970

Holotype: GPIT/RE/7117 (IGP K 46 b)

Locality: Kingori, Ruhuhu, Tanzania, East Africa.

Horizon: Equivalent to the Cistecephalus zone.

Biostratigraphy: Cistecephalus zone.

Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.

Material: Nearly complete skull.

Referred material:

=Ruhuhucerberus terror MAISCH, 2002
Etymology: Latin, terror, "fright, fear, terror"; the species name was chosen for obvious reasons, as the animal was certainly a terrifying preditor.
= Cephalicustriodus kingoriensis PARRINGTON, 1974 (referred material)
= Sycosaurus terror (MAISCH, 2002) GEBAUER, 2007

Holotype: UMZC T891

Locality: Stockley's Site B4/7, at Katumbi Vawili, Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania, Tanganyika, East Africa.

Horizon: Kawinga Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Cistecephalus zone.

Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.

Material: Skull.

Referred material:

UMZC T881: A fragmentary skull.