Thaumatodracon weidenrothi

Species

Thaumatodracon weidenrothi

Author

Smith and Araújo, 2017

Classification

Thaumatodracon
weidenrothi

Age

Sinemurian, Early Jurassic

Type location

Lyme Bay (the coast between Lyme Regis and Charmouth), UK

Geological formation

Black Ven Mudstone Member of the Charmouth Mudstone Formation (Sinemurian, Lower Jurassic)

Type specimen

NLMH 106.058 (skull and cervical series)

Referred material

None

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.