Camelotia
Name: Camelotia
(From Camelot).
Phonetic: Cam-e-lo-te-ah.
Named By: P. M. Galton - 1985.
Synonyms: Gresslyosaurus ingens,
Plateosaurus borealis, Avalonia sanfordi, Avalonianus sanfordi,
Picrodon herveyi.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha.
Species: C. borealis (type).
Diet: Hebivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be around 10 meters
long.
Known locations: England - Westbury Formation.
Time period: Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains
including the pubis, ischium, vertebrae and partial rear leg.
Camelotia was a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in England during the Late Triassic. However the rear limb is also similar to early sauropods, something which has seen the Camelotia genus tentatively assigned to the Melanorosauridae (type genus Melanorosaurus). The name Camelotia was derived from the name Camelot, the castle that was said to be the home of the legendary King Arthur.
Further reading
- Notes on the Melanorosauridae, a family of large prosauropod
dinosaurs (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha). Géobios
18(5):671-676 - P. M. Galton - 1985.
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