Outline: a typical early sauropodomorph
Camelotia
"from Camelot"
Type species Camelotia borealis
- Lived
- 206 to 201 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Galton 1985
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
200 million years ago
Field notes
About Camelotia
What it was like
Camelotia was a large plant eater from the long-necked line that later produced the giant sauropods. It is known from part of the backbone, hips and legs, which show a heavy animal that probably walked on all fours.
Its world
It lived in the latest Triassic in what is now southwestern England. Its bones come from the Westbury Formation.
How it was found
Galton named Camelotia in 1985, from bones that had been dug up much earlier. Its name comes from a legendary castle of old British tales, said to lie in the region where it was found.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropodiformes
Sources: WikidataNamed in: P. M. Galton. 1985. Notes on the Melanorosauridae, a family of large prosauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha). Géobios 18(5):671-676