Thaumatodracon

Thaumatodracon; Temporal range: Sinemurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Family:	†Rhomaleosauridae
Genus:	†Thaumatodracon; Smith & Araújo, 2017
Type species
	Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi; Smith & Araújo, 2017

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" (PDF). Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 308 (4–6): 89–125. doi:10.1127/pala/308/2017/89.

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[desc-1] Smith, A.S.; Araújo, R. (2017). "Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi, a morphometrically and stratigraphically intermediate new rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurian from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Lyme Regis" (PDF). Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 308 (4–6): 89–125. doi:10.1127/pala/308/2017/89.