- Name
- Camelotia borealis
- Authority
- Galton, 1985
- Meaning of generic name
- From Camelot
- Meaning of specific name
- From the North
- Size
- Length: ? 10 m , Skull length: ?
- Remains
- Holotype (BMNH R.2870-2874, R.2876-2878): Vertebrae, pubis, ischium, femur, tibia, phalanges
- Age and Distribution
- Horizon: Westbury Formation, Up. Triassic (Rhaetian).
Locality: Wedmore Hill, Somerset, England, UK. - Classification
- Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Anchisauria Melanosauridae
- Further Reading
- P. M. Galton. 1985. "Notes on the Melanorosauridae, a family of large prosauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha)." Géobios 18(5):671-676.
P. M. Galton. 1998. "Saurischian dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of England: Camelotia (Prosauropoda, Melanorosauridae) and Avalonianus (Theropoda, ?Carnosauria)." Palaeontographica Abteilung A 250(4-6):155-172 - Synonyms
- Gresslyosaurus ingens Huene, 1907-08, 1932 referred, Plateosaurus borealis (Galton, 1985) Galton, 2001; Avalonia sanfordi Seeley, 1898 (partim); Avalonianus sanfordi (Seeley, 1898) Kuhn, 1961; Picrodon herveyi Seeley, 1898 (partim)
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Camelotia borealis
Camelotia was a large sauropodomorph (estimated length: 10 m) from the Upper Triassic of England. It is known from fragmentary postcranial elements. It is generally considered related to the South African Melanorosaurus.
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