Vectipelta barretti Vectipelta
"Isle of Wight shield"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Vectipelta 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
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.
What we know
- Named by Pond et al., 2023.
- Fossils found in United Kingdom.