Pantydraco

Pronunciation:
pant-ee-drak-oh
Name meaning:
'Pant-y-ffynnon dragon'

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Type of dinosaur:
prosauropod
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Jurassic, 0 million years ago
Found in:
United Kingdom,
Wales

Knowledge about Pantydraco is based on a partial juvenile skeleton which was previously thought to be a Thecodontosaurus.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia
Named by:
Galton, Yates and Kermack 2007 (2003)
Type species:
caducus

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