Vectiraptor

DV-1195 · type species Vectiraptor greeni

Lived: 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in: United Kingdom
Named by: Longrich et al. 2022

Field notes

About Vectiraptor

Vectiraptor was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Vectiraptor, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Wessex Formation. It was named by Longrich et al. in 2022.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and M. L. Jacobs. 2022. A new dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, and implications for European palaeobiogeography. Cretaceous Research 134:105123