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beaked plant-eater
Vectidromeus
Say it like this: “VEK-tee-DROH-me-us”
Vectidromeus insularis
Vectidromeus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Longrich, N. R.; Martill, D. M.; Munt, M.; Green, M.; Penn, M.; Smith, S.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Wessex
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Hypsilophodontidae
The story in short
Vectidromeus was formally named in 2024 by N. R. Longrich and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Vectidromeus date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Wessex Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Vectidromeus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Hypsilophodontidae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.