Meet Pendraig milnerae, the 'chief' dragon of South Wales

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Scientists from the Natural History Museum and the University of Birmingham have described a new species of dinosaur from specimens found in a quarry in Pant-y-ffynnon in southern Wales. It likely had a body size around that of a modern-day chicken and would have been a metre long including its tail.

The fragmentary fossils of the species consist of an articulated pelvic girdle, sacrum and posterior dorsal vertebrae, and an associated left femur, and by two referred specimens, comprising an isolated dorsal vertebra and a partial left ischium.

Pendraig milnerae is the earliest example of a theropod found in the UK so far, living between 200 and 215 million years ago during the Late Triassic period. Dr Spiekman and his colleagues described the species and named it Pendraig milnerae: Pendraig meaning ‘Chief Dragon’ in Middle Welsh, a reference to the species’ likely position as an apex predator of the area.

Source - https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/10/oldest-theropod-dinosaur-in-the-uk-discovered-in-southern-wales/141608