Camelotia
| Camelotia Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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| Holotype femur of Camelotia borealis (NHMUK PV R 2870) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Melanorosauridae |
| Genus: | †Camelotia Galton, 1985 |
| Species: | †C. borealis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Camelotia borealis | |
Camelotia (meaning "from Camelot") is a large-bodied sauropodomorph from the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) of southwest England. It is best known from a partial postcranial skeleton found in the Westbury Formation and named by Peter M. Galton in 1985. Subsequent work has generally placed Camelotia as a relatively derived sauropodomorph close to the origin of Sauropoda, although its exact position among early non-sauropod sauropodomorphs remains debated. It is sometimes placed in Melanorosauridae as a close relative of Melanorosaurus. With a body length and mass estimated at 8–10 metres (26–33 ft) and 3.8 tonnes (8,400 lb), respectively, it is one of the largest sauropodomorphs known from the Triassic.