Pendraig

Pendraig
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
~215–201 Ma
Holotype pelvis of Pendraig milnerae
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ Spiekman SN, Ezcurra MD, Butler RJ, Fraser NC, Maidment SC (2021). "Pendraig milnerae, a new small-sized coelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of Wales". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (10): Article ID 210915. doi:10.1098/rsos.210915. PMC 8493203. PMID 34754500.
  2. ^ Ashworth, James (October 6, 2021). "New species is oldest meat-eating dinosaur found in UK". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  3. ^ Ashworth, Jonathan (October 5, 2021). "'Chief dragon' is UK's oldest meat-eating dinosaur". BBC. Retrieved 2021-10-05.