Pendraig milnerae Pendraig

"chief dragon"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Pendraig 1 m (3.3 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1 m (3.3 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (215–201 Mya)
Place
United Kingdom
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

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 in length.

What we know

  • Named by Spiekman et al., 2021.
  • Body length estimated at about 1 m.
  • Fossils found in United Kingdom.