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PANTYDRACO
(pan-tee-dray-co)
meaning: "Panty dragon"
Pantydraco
Named By: Galton, Kermack, Yates in 2007
Time Period: Late Triassic
Location: United Kingdom, Wales, Pantyffynnon quarry
Size: Approx 1.8 meters long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Skull and partial skeleton including parts of the neck, shoulder girdle and upper arm (humeri). Material is probably from a juvenile specimen
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha |
Also known as: | Thecodontosaurus caducus |
About

Pantydraco (where "panty-" is short for Pant-y-ffynnon, signifying hollow of the spring/well in Welsh, referring to the quarry at Bonvilston in South Wales where it was found) was a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic of the United Kingdom. It is based on a partial juvenile skeleton once thought to belong to Thecodontosaurus. Only one valid species of Pantydraco is recognised: P. caducus.

Read more about Pantydraco at Wikipedia
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