Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian–Barremian
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Vectipelta holotype at the Dinosaur Isle Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
†Ornithischia
Clade:
†Thyreophora
Clade:
†Ankylosauria
Genus:
†Vectipelta Pond et al., 2023
Species:
†V. barretti
Binomial name
†Vectipelta barretti
Pond et al., 2023
Vectipelta (meaning "Isle of Wight shield") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur recovered from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of England. The genus contains a single species, V. barretti, known from a partial skeleton including several osteoderms. It was historically known as the "Spearpoint ankylosaur" prior to its description.[1][2]
^Pond, Stuart; Strachan, Sarah-Jane; Raven, Thomas J.; Simpson, Martin I.; Morgan, Kirsty; Maidment, Susannah C. R. (2023-01-01). "Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2210577. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 259393929.
^Taylor & Francis. "New armored dinosaur named for museum professor". phys.org. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
Vectipelta (meaning "Isle of Wight shield") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur recovered from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of England...
Martin I.; Morgan, Kirsty; Maidment, Susannah C. R. (1 January 2023). "Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex...
Simpson, Martin I.; Morgan, Kirsty; Maidment, Susannah C. R. (2023-01-01). "Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex...
Simpson, Martin I.; Morgan, Kirsty; Maidment, Susannah C. R. (2023-01-01). "Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex...
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