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sharp-clawed runner
Pendraig
Say it like this: “pen-dry-guh”
Pendraig milnerae
Pendraig ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Spiekman, S. N. F.; Ezcurra, M. D.; Butler, R. J.; Fraser, N. C.; Maidment, S. C. R.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 7 kg · 15 lb
- Found in
- the United Kingdom
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Coelophysoidea
The story in short
Pendraig was formally named in 2021 by S. N. F. Spiekman and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Pendraig date to the Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian), roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Pendraig at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 7 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Coelophysoidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Dracoraptor
Dracoraptor hanigani
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago
Lophostropheus
Lophostropheus airelensis
Late Triassic · Early Jurassic (Rhaetian · Hettangian) · roughly 205.7 to 199.5 million years ago
Panguraptor
Panguraptor lufengensis
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago