VECTIRAPTOR
a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight.
Pronunciation: VEC-tee-RAP-tuh
Meaning: Isle of Wight thief
Author/s: Longrich
et al. (
2021)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Isle of Wight, UK
Discovery Chart Position: #1056
Vectiraptor greeni
(Green's Isle of Wight Thief)Etymology
Vectiraptor is derived from "Vectis" (the Latin name for the Isle of Wight) and the Greek "raptor" (thief).
The
species epithet,
greeni, honours amatuer palaeontologist Mick Green of Brighstone, Isle of Wight, who discovered two of its three fossils.
Discovery
The first (and second!) remains of
Vectiraptor were discovered in the Wessex Formation at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight by Mick Green in 2004.
A third fossil was found and donated by Nick Chase.
The
holotype (IWCMS 2021.31.1-3) is a couple of back vertebrae and a partial sacrum.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mosozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Age range: 125 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 3 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Carnivore
References
• Longrich NR, Martill DM and Jacobs ML (2021) "A new dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, and implications for European palaeobiogeography".
Cretaceous Research 105123. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105123
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