Vectiraptor 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

Parent taxon: Eudromaeosauria according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Achillobator, Adasaurus, Deinonychus, Dromaeosaurinae, Saurornitholestinae, Utahraptor, Velociraptorinae

Subtaxa: Vectiraptor greeni

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Type: Vectiraptor greeni

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Compton Bay foreshore (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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