Vectipelta

Description

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.

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

Attibution: Pond et al. 2023⁸⁵⁰⁵⁰
Statut: Valide
Nom commun:
Longueur (en m): ?
Largeur (en m): ?
Hauteur (en m): ?
Poids (en m): de ? à ?
Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
Mode de vie: terrestrial
Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
Vision: ?
Alimentation: herbivore
Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
Classification: Ankylosauria >> Thyreophora >> Genasauria >> Ornithischia >> Dinosauria
Période: Berriasian (de -139.10 Ma à -137.05 Ma)

Espèce(s):
- Vectipelta barretti (Valide)⁸⁵⁰⁵⁰
Specimen(s):
Pas de spécimen dans la base de donnée.
Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
- Vectipelta barretti
Découverte(s): 1 occcurrences
Ouvrir - Fermer
- Royaume-Uni
  - England
    - Isle of Wight
      - Formation Wessex
        Vectipelta barretti: ? ⁸⁵⁰⁵⁰
Historique des modifications:

Pas de modification récente.

Publication(s)

La base comprend 1 publication(s).

Source: The Paleobiology Database

↑^{1 2 3}S. Pond, S.-J. Strachan, and T. J. Raven, M. I. Simpson, K. Morgan, S. C. R. Maidment. 2023. Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1):2210577 (https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2023.2210577)

Galerie d'images

Source: Wikimédia

Vectipelta: 'Isle of Wight shield' Early Cretaceous, Europe

Vectipelta at Dinosaur Isle