Saturday, January 09, 2016

The New Year of January. Pantydraco

 Pantydraco was formerly known as Thecodontosaurus caducus,‭ ‬however re-examination of the many Thecodontosaurus species has resulted in many being regarded as synonyms or actually recognised as new animals,‭ ‬as is the case for Pantydraco.
       Named after the Pantyffynnon quarry where it was discovered,‭ ‬Pantydraco is thought to represent a basal sauropodomorph.‭ ‬For this reason it is considered to have most probably been omnivorous as it would represent the change from meat eating ancestors,‭ ‬to plant eating descendants.‭ ‬Pantydraco was also most likely to have still been primarily bipedal.

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