Type Species: Pantydraco cadacus
Classification: Dinosauria - Saurischia - Sauropodomorpha
Time Period: Late Triassic
Location: Wales, United Kingdom
Diet: Omnivore
Pantydraco lived during the Late Triassic in the semi-humid wetlands of South Wales. Its name has nothing to do with undergarments; ‘panty’ is short for the Welsh word Pant-y-ffynnon, signifying hollow of the spring/well and refers to the quarry in South Wales where it wound found (‘draco’ means ‘dragon’).
This Welsh dragon is known from a single species belonging to a juvenile. It had a long tail that was broad at the hips and tapered towards the end. It had a pointed head and strong jaws filled with well-developed teeth. It’s suspected to have been omnivorous, in the transitional phase between herbivorous and carnivorous lifestyles. Its forelimbs were shorter than its hindlimbs, and it was bipedal. Its clawed hands were designed for grasping and had three movable digits with a withered fourth. Though the juvenile’s estimated length is around three feet, adults may have been up to ten feet long. An adult would’ve weighed about 110 pounds.
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| an artist's rendition of a feathered Pantydraco |
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