Vectidromeus
Field photograph to come
Vectidromeus
DV-1261 · type species Vectidromeus insularis
- Lived
- 143 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hypsilophodontidae
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Longrich et al. 2024
Field notes
About Vectidromeus
Vectidromeus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hypsilophodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Vectidromeus, from United Kingdom. It was named by Longrich et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Hypsilophodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and M. Munt, M. Green, M. Penn, S. Smith. 2024. Vectidromeus insularis, a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England. Cretaceous Research 154:105707