Dracoraptor (Dragon Thief)

Assorted Cervical Vertebrae

Assorted fragments of the manus

Slate with the fragments of the manus and furcula

Close-up of tooth

Left premaxilla with tooth

Block containing leg and hip bones

Right premaxilla

Right and Left Premaxilla

           Approximately 40% of a skeleton including, cranial and post cranial remains, representing a new genus and species of basal neotheropod dinosaur is coined, Dracoraptor hanigani. It was collected from fallen blocks from a sea cliff that exposes Late Triassic and Early Jurassic marine and quasi marine strata on the south Wales coast near the city of Cardiff.