Pantydraco
Name:
Pantydraco
(Panty dragon).
Phonetic: Pan-tee-dray-co.
Named By: Galton, Kermack, Yates - 2007.
Synonyms: Thecodontosaurus caducus.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha.
Species: P. caducus (type).
Type: Omnivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: United Kingdom, Wales,
Pantyffynnon quarry.
Time period: Rhaetian of the Triassic, possibly
into the early Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial skeleton
including parts of the neck, shoulder girdle and upper arm
(humeri). Material is probably from a juvenile specimen.
Pantydraco
was formerly known as Thecodontosaurus
caducus, however
re-examination of the many Thecodontosaurus species
has resulted in
many being regarded as synonyms or actually recognised as new animals,
as is the case for Pantydraco.
Named
after the Pantyffynnon quarry where it was discovered, Pantydraco
is
thought to represent a basal sauropodomorph. For this reason it is
considered to have most probably been omnivorous as it would represent
the change from meat eating ancestors, to plant eating descendants.
Pantydraco was also most likely to have still been
primarily bipedal.
Further reading
- Pantydraco n. gen. for Thecodontosaurus
caducus YATES, 2003, a basal
sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of
South Wales, UK. - Neues Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und Pal�ontologie,
Abhandlungen. 243 (1): 119–125. - Peter M. Galton, Adam M. Yates
& D. Kermack - 2007.
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