Luangwa (cynodont)

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.

Luangwa Temporal range: Middle Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lower jaws of Luangwa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Traversodontidae
Subfamily:	†Traversodontinae
Genus:	†Luangwa Brink, 1963
Species
†L. drysdalli (type) †L. sudamericana

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]

Cynognathia	Cynognathus crateronotus Gomphodontia Diademodon tetragonus Langbergia modisei Trirachodon berryi Sinognathus gracilis Traversodontidae Pascualgnathus polanskii Luangwa drysdalli Scalenodon angustifrons Mandagomphodon hirschoni Massetognathus pascuali Exaeretodon argentinus