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CAMELOTIA
(cam-e-lo-te-ah)
meaning: "From Camelot"
Camelotia
Named By: P. M. Galton in 1985
Time Period: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic
Location: England - Westbury Formation
Size: Roughly estimated to be around 10 meters long
Diet: Hebivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains including the pubis, ischium, vertebrae and partial rear leg
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha |
Also known as: | Gresslyosaurus ingens | Plateosaurus borealis | Avalonia sanfordi | Avalonianus sanfordi | Picrodon herveyi |
About

Camelotia (meaning "from Camelot") was a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic tp the Early Jurassic, from the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic to Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic, what is now England. Paleontologists are divided on which family it may belong to; in the past, Camelotia has generally been assigned to the prosauropods, but this group of primitive dinosaurs is in constant flux. The genus is now considered a member of the family Melanorosauridae, who includes the first true giant herbivorous dinosaurs.

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