Draigwenia
Name:
Draigwenia
(White dragon).
Phonetic: Drayg-wen-e-ah.
Named By: Borja Holgado - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Pterodactyloidea.
Species: D. platystomus
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: United Kingdom, England -
Cambridge Greensand.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Jaw fragment.
Draigwenia
is a genus of pterosaur
that lived in Europe during the early
Cretaceous. Draigwenia is only known from a jaw
fragment which over
time has previously been attributed to Ornithocheirus,
Amblydectes
and Lonchodectes
before being moved to a distinct genus in 2021.
Further reading
- On the validity of the genus Amblydectes Hooley 1914
(Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and the presence of
Tropeognathinae in the Cambridge Greensand. - Anais da Academia
Brasileira de Ciências. 93. - Borja Holgado - 2021.
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