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Dinosaurs of Wales
Currently, our archive includes 4 dinosaurs from Wales
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| DRACORAPTOR | ![]() |
| NEWTONSAURUS | ![]() |
| PANTYDRACO | ![]() |
| PENDRAIG | ![]() |
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References
• Newton ET (1899) On a megalosaurid jaw from Rhaetic beds near Bridgend (Glamorganshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 55: 89–96.
• Galton PM, Yates AM and Kermack D (2007) "Pantydraco n. gen. for Thecodontosaurus caducus YATES, 2003 - a basal sauropodomorph from the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic of South Wales, UK".
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 243(1): 119-125. DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0119.
• Martill DM, Vidovic SU, Howells C and Nudds JR (2016)
"The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian
of Great Britain". PLoS ONE, 11(1): e0145713. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145713.
• Martill DM et al. (2016) "Correction: The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian of Great Britain". PLoS ONE, 11(4): e0154352. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154352.
• Keeble E, Whiteside DI and Benton MJ (2018) "The terrestrial fauna of the Late Triassic Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry fissures, South Wales, UK and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)". Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 129(2): 99-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.11.001.
• Spiekman SNF, Ezcurra MD,Butler RJ, Fraser NC, Maidment SCR (2021) "Pendraig milnerae, a new small-sizedcoelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of Wales". Royal Society Open Science, 8: 210915. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210915.
• Kirmse JPS, Benton MJ, Hildebrandt C, Langer MC and Marsola JCA (2023) "A Coelophysoidea (Dinosauria, Therpoda) femur from the Tytherington fissures (Rhaetian, Late Triassic), Bristol, UK". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2023.07.005.
• Evans O, Howells C, Wintle N and Benton MJ (2025) "Re-assessment of a large archosaur dentary from the Late Triassic of South Wales, United Kingdom". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: 101142. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2025.101142.
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