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early long-neck
Camelotia
Say it like this: “kam-e-LOH-tee-a”
Camelotia borealis
Camelotia ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1985 · Galton, P. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 8–10 m · 26–33 ft
- Weight
- 3.8 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Westbury
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodiformes
The story in short
Camelotia was formally named in 1985 by P. M. Galton. The name means “from Camelot.”
It lived in the Late Triassic (Rhaetian), roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Westbury Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Camelotia at a length near 8–10 m and a body mass around 3.8 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodiformes, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aardonyx
Aardonyx celestae
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Anchisaurus
Anchisaurus polyzelus
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus cromptoni
Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago