Vectiraptor greeni Longrich et al. 2022 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and M. L. Jacobs. 2022. A new dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, and implications for European palaeobiogeography. Cretaceous Research 134:105123

Belongs to Vectiraptor according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IWCMS 2021.31.1-3, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Compton Bay foreshore, which is in a Barremian wet floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Compton Bay foreshore

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