Luluichnus
Pronunciation
LU-lu-ICK-nuss
Meaning
Lulu is one of the names late Paddy Roe went by, he was the elder of the Nyikina and Goolarabooloo. Also the Traditional Custodian (and Maja) for Jabirrjabirr, Ngumbarl and Djugun countries, the Northern and Southern Traditions of the song lines and the dinosaur footprints of the area.
Period
Cretaceous (145 - 66mya)
Ichnospecies in Australia
mueckei
Ichnospecies meaning
Named for Stephen Muecke who was an ethnographer who documented many of Roe’s stories.
Origin and other locations
Broome region WA (Salisbury 2016).
Australian use and location
Broome region WA (Salisbury 2016).
Description
Luluichnus is represented by a single trackway, but this seems to be sufficiently different from Garbina to suggest that another type of stegosaur lived in Broome during the Early Cretaceous. Although Luluichnus is similar to Garbina, overall the prints are smaller: the forefeet are about 11-14cm long x 19.5-22cm wide, whereas the hind feet are 15-22.5cm long x 16-21cm wide.