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Palaeontology In Wales
Palaeontology in Wales is palaeontological research occurring in Wales. Cambrian period * ''Anebolithus'' is a genus of Trilobite, trilobites found in Gilwern Hill, Powys, Gilwern Hill, Powys, Wales. ''Anebolithus'', like other trinucleids, was blind. * ''Homagnostus'' is a genus of trilobite in the order Agnostida, which existed in what is now north Wales. It was described by Howell in 1935. The genus was originally considered to be ''Agnostus pisiformis var. obesus'' (Belt, 1867). Ordovician period * ''Lloydolithus'' is a genus of Trilobite, trilobites from the Late Ordovician of Wales. * ''Ogygiocarella'' Brongniart, 1822, is a genus of Asaphidae, asaphid Trilobite, trilobites. It occurred during the Middle Ordovician. Triassic dinosaurs ''Pantydraco'' ''Pantydraco'' (where "panty-" is short for Pant-y-ffynnon, signifying ''hollow of the spring/well'' in Welsh language, Welsh, referring to the quarry at Bonvilston in South Wales where it was found) was a genus of Basa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracoraptor National Museum Cardiff Amgueddfa Cenedlaethol Caerdydd
''Dracoraptor'' (meaning "dragon thief") is a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur that lived during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic Period of what is now Wales dated at 201.3 ± 0.2 million years old. The fossil was first discovered in 2014 by Rob and Nick Hanigan and Sam Davies at the Blue Lias Formation on the South Wales coast. The genus name ''Dracoraptor'' is from Draco referring to the Welsh dragon and raptor, meaning robber, a commonly employed suffix for theropod dinosaurs with the type species being ''Dracoraptor hanigani''. It is the oldest known Jurassic dinosaur and is the first dinosaur skeleton from the Jurassic of Wales. Discovery and naming The first ''Dracoraptor'' fossils were discovered in 2014 near the Welsh town of Penarth. In March 2014, brothers and amateur palaeontologists Nick and Rob Hanigan, while searching for ichthyosaur remains at Lavernock Point, a large cape south of Cardiff, found stone plates containing dinosaur fossils which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
