Vectidromeus insularis Vectidromeus
"Isle of Wight runner"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Vectidromeus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Food
- Herbivore
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.
What we know
- Named by Longrich et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in United Kingdom.