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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Vinony's link graph records 240 inbound references to Vectidromeus, and connects out to Saurolophinae, Ornithopoda and Hypsilophodontidae.
It is catalogued under topics including Barremian dinosaurs, Dinosaur genera and Dinosaurs of the United Kingdom.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Hypsilophodontidae
- Named after
- Isle of Wight
- Image
- Vectidromeus type by Nick Longrich.jpg
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- time period
- 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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