Genus
Valid Extinct

Lutungutali

Peecook et al. 2013

Lutungutali is an extinct genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Middle Triassic of Zambia. The single type species of the genus is Lutungutali sitwensis. Lutungutali was named in 2013 and described from a fossil specimen, holotype NHCC LB32, including hip bones and tail vertebrae. The specimen was collected in 2009 from the upper Ntawere Formation, which dates to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic. Lutungutali is the first known silesaurid from Zambia and, along with the Tanzanian silesaurid Asilisaurus and dinosauriform Nyasasaurus, the oldest bird-line archosaur known from body fossils.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Lutungutali
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Silesauridae Unranked clade
Sulcimentisauria Unranked clade
Lutungutali Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇲 Zambia
1
Geological formations
Ntawere
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lutungutali sitwensis 247 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗