Pantydraco

Say it like this: “pant-ee-DRAY-koh”

Pantydraco caducus

Pantydraco ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.

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When: Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Galton, P. M.; Yates, A. M.; Kermack, D.
Hip height: 0.3 m · 1 ft
Length: 3 m · 10 ft
Weight: 50 kg · 110 lb
Found in: the United Kingdom
Food and walking: Omnivore · Two legs
Kind: early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
Family branch: Sauropodomorpha

The story in short

In 2007, P. M. Galton and colleagues published the name Pantydraco.

It lived in the Late Triassic (Rhaetian), roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Pantydraco at a length near 3 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 50 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Sauropodomorpha, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Agrosaurus

Agrosaurus macgillivrayi

Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago

Ahvaytum

Ahvaytum bahndooiveche

Late Triassic (Carnian) · roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago

Arcusaurus

Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum

Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago