Draigwenia

Drayg-wen-e-ah.
By Lilah Turner
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Turner, L. (2013, August 17). Draigwenia. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/draigwenia/

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Name

Draigwenia ‭(‬White dragon‭)‬.

Phonetic

Drayg-wen-e-ah.

Named By

Borja Holgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

D.‭ ‬platystomus‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of remains.

Known locations

United Kingdom,‭ ‬England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cambridge Greensand.

Time Period

Albian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Jaw fragment.

In Depth

       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 Ci�ncias.‭ ‬93.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Borja Holgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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