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.
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