| Thaumatodracon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Thaumatodracon Smith & Araújo, 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi Smith & Araújo, 2017 | |
Holotype specimen of "Plesiosaurus" macrocephalus, which may represent a juvenile Thaumatodracon
Thaumatodracon is a genus of rhomaleosaurid pliosaur from the early Jurassic found in the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, named by Adam Smith and Ricardo Araújo in 2017.[1]
References
- ↑ Smith, A.S.; Araújo, R. (2017). "Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi, a morphometrically and stratigraphically intermediate new rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurian from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Lyme Regis". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 308 (4–6): 89–125. doi:10.1127/pala/308/2017/89.
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