Thaumatodracon
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''Thaumatodracon'' is a genus of
rhomaleosaurid Rhomaleosauridae is a family of plesiosaurs from the Earliest Jurassic to the latest Middle Jurassic ( Hettangian to Callovian stages) of Europe, North America, South America and possibly Asia. Most rhomaleosaurids are known from England, man ...
pliosaur from the early
Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...
found in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
. It contains a single species, named by Adam Smith and Ricardo Araújo in 2017.


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Rhomaleosaurids Fossil taxa described in 2017 Sauropterygian genera {{jurassic-reptile-stub