Thaumatodracon weidenrothi
Thaumatodracon weidenrothi is the type and only species of Thaumatodracon. The species name honours Kurt Wiedenroth, the amateur fossil hunter who discovered and collected the specimen.
Category «Thalassiodracon»
Thalassiodracon
The species Plesiosaurus hawkinsii was introduced in 1838 for a small plesiosaurian from Street, Somerset. The new genus name Thalassiodracon was erected decades later following an examination of a referred skull in Cambridge (CAMSM J.46986). Thalassiodracon means ‘Sea Dragon’, which “alludes to the colloquial description given to the Street marine reptile fauna by Hawkins” (Storrs …