Vectidromeus
Sign in to saveVectidromeus (meaning "Isle of Wight runner") is an extinct genus of hypsilophodontid ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of England. The genus contains a single species, V. insularis, known from a partial skeleton belonging to a juvenile individual.
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- Parent taxon
- Hypsilophodontidae
- Named after
- Isle of Wight
- Image
- Vectidromeus type by Nick Longrich.jpg
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- Early Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Isle of Wight
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Vectidromeus (meaning "Isle of Wight runner") is an extinct genus of hypsilophodontid ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of England. The genus contains a single species, V. insularis, known from a partial skeleton belonging to a juvenile individual.
== Discovery and naming == thumb|left|alt=silhouette illustration of Vectidromeus insularis by Nick Longrich|The type specimen of Vectidromeus, shown to scale with a human and Hypsilophodon
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