Pendraig Temporal range: Late Triassic,
~ | |
---|---|
Holotype pelvis of Pendraig milnerae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | †Coelophysoidea |
Genus: | †Pendraig Spiekman et al., 2021 |
Species: | †P. milnerae
|
Binomial name | |
†Pendraig milnerae Spiekman et al., 2021
|
Pendraig (meaning "chief dragon" in Middle Welsh) is a genus of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from South Wales. It contains one species, Pendraig milnerae, named after Angela Milner. The specimen was discovered in the Pant-y-Ffynnon quarry. In life it would have measured 1 m (3.3 ft) in length.[1][2][3]