Luangwa (cynodont) explained

Luangwa is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts. The species Luangwa drysdalli was discovered 1963 in the valley of the Luangwa river in Zambia, Africa. Luangwa lived in the Triassic period 240 Million years ago.

In July 2008, a skull of Luangwa sudamericana was found in the Brazilian town of Dona Francisca (Rio Grande do Sul), which is part of the Geopark Paleorrota. The discovery was made by a team of the ULBRA.

Phylogeny

Luangwa in a cladogram after Stefanello et al. (2023):^[1]

External links

• Grupo acha crânio de cinodonte.
• Gazeta do Sul.'

Notes and References

1. Stefanello . M. . Martinelli . A. G. . Müller . R. T. . Dias-da-Silva . S. . Kerber . L. . A complete skull of a stem mammal from the Late Triassic of Brazil illuminates the early evolution of prozostrodontian cynodonts . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 2023 . 10.1007/s10914-022-09648-y.