Lutungutali
Field photograph to come
Lutungutali
DV-0862
- Lived
- 247 to 227 million years ago, Middle Triassic to Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Zambia
- Named by
- Peecook et al. 2013
Field notes
About Lutungutali
Lutungutali was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Triassic to Late Triassic, 247 to 227 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lutungutali, from Zambia. Its fossils come from the Ntawere Formation. It was named by Peecook et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
240 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. R. Peecook, C. A. Sidor, and S. J. Nesbitt, R. M. H. Smith, J. S. Steyer, K. D. Angielczyk. 2013. A new silesaurid from the upper Ntawere Formation of Zambia (Middle Triassic) demonstrates the rapid diversification of Silesauridae (Avemetatarsalia, Dinosauriformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1127-1137