Lumkuia

Name: Lumkuia.
Phonetic: ‭ ‬Lum-ke-e-ah.
Named By: J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Hopson‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Kitching‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia.
Species: L.‭ ‬fuzzi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Burgersdorp Formation.
Time period: Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skeleton.

       Lumkuia is a genus of cynodont that lived in South Africa during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A probainognathian cynodont from South Africa and the phylogeney of nonmammalian cynodonts.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology‭ ‬156‭(‬1‭)‬:5-35.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Hopson‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Kitching‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.



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