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Pantydraco

Say it: PAN-tee-DRAK-oh

Name means: “Pant-y-ffynnon dragon”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Triassic

Pantydraco was a small, long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Wales. It walked on two legs and munched on plants with its tiny teeth. Scientists think it was a baby or a young dinosaur when it died.1 4

Lived

237 to 227 million years ago4

Late Triassic

Fossils found in

Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, South Wales, United Kingdom4 1

Food

Plants1 4

Length

3 m1

based on a juvenile skeleton

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

as long as 1.5 bicycles in a rowas long as 17 bananas end to end

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Fun facts

Pantydraco was first thought to be a different dinosaur called Thecodontosaurus, but scientists later gave it its own name.1 2

Its name comes from the quarry where it was found, Pant-y-ffynnon, which means 'hollow of the spring' in Welsh.1

Pantydraco had special holes in its neck bones that let air sacs in, making its skeleton lighter.2

It lived during the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic, about 237 to 227 million years ago.4

Only a few bones of Pantydraco have been found, including parts of the skull, spine, and limbs.1 2

AI-made picture of Pantydraco — An AI-made picture of how Pantydraco might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Pantydraco

?How big was Pantydraco?

Adults were about 3 metres (9.8 ft) long and weighed around 50 kilograms (110 lb). The juvenile fossil was only 0.7 to 1 metre (2.3 to 3.3 ft) tall.3 1

?What did Pantydraco eat?

It was probably omnivorous, eating both plants and small animals. Its teeth were well developed for chewing.3

?When did Pantydraco live?

It lived during the Late Triassic, about 209 to 201 million years ago. Some sources also suggest it may have lived into the Early Jurassic.3 1

?Was Pantydraco a dinosaur?

Yes, it was a basal sauropodomorph, a type of long-necked dinosaur.3 1

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Scientific name: Pantydraco
Named by: Galton et al. 20074
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Sauropodomorpha4
Classification: Sauropodomorpha4
Age of the rocks: 237 to 227 million years (Carnian)4
Countries: United Kingdom4
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
Discovery: Pantydraco was named in 2007 by Peter Galton, Adam Yates, and Diane Kermack. It was originally called Thecodontosaurus caducus in 2003, but scientists later decided it was a different dinosaur.1 2
Still debated: Scientists are not sure whether Pantydraco lived in the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic, because the rocks where it was found could be from either time.1 2

Where the facts come from

Pantydraco (nhm.ac.uk)
Pantydraco n. gen. for Thecodontosaurus caducus Yates, ... (schweizerbart.de)
Pantydraco (en.wikipedia.org)
Pantydraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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