Vectidromeus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Type specimen of Vectidromeus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Family: | †Hypsilophodontidae |
Genus: | †Vectidromeus Longrich et al., 2023 |
Species: | †V. insularis
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Binomial name | |
†Vectidromeus insularis Longrich et al., 2023
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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.[1]