Camelotia
"Of Camelot"

While the morphology of the anterior (=lesser) trochanter in Camelotia does suggest a prosauropod identity, it also has a reduced fourth trochanter - a sauropod character. Also, whereas the distal femur in prosauropods is bowed caudally when the femur is viewed laterally or medially (as I suppose is primitive for dinosaurs), in Camelotia this area is straight. Again, this is a sauropod character state. These reasons led Paul Upchurch to suggest that Camelotia may be the most basal sauropod, rather than a melanorosaurid.

Type Species Information
After which the Genus is named

Camelotia borealis
Remains: vertebrae, pubis, ischium, femur, tibia, phalanges

© 2002 Gavin Rymill

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