Vectaerovenator inopinatus Barker et al. 2020 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: C. T. Barker, D. Naish, C. E. Clarkin, P. Farrell, G. Hullmann, J. Lockyer, P. Schneider, R. K. C. Ward, and N.J. Gostling. 2020. A highly pneumatic middle Cretaceous theropod from the British Lower Greensand. Papers in Palaeontology

Belongs to Vectaerovenator according to C. T. Barker et al. 2020

See also Lamanna et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IWCMS 2020.407, 2019.84, 2020.400, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Knock Cliff, which is in an Aptian marginal marine sandstone in the Ferruginous Sands Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Knock Cliff

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