Full reference: S. Pond, S.-J. Strachan, T. J. Raven, M. I. Simpson, K. Morgan and S. C. R. Maidment. 2023. Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1):2210577
Parent taxon: Ankylosauria according to S. Pond et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Acanthopholis, Acanthopholis eucercus, Acanthopholis macrocercus, Ankylosauridae, Brachypodosaurus, Crichtonsaurus, Cryptodraco, Cryptosaurus, Dracopelta, Heishansaurus, Hierosaurus, Kunbarrasaurus, Metatetrapous, Nodosauridae, Nodosauroidea, Palaeoscincus, Palaeoscincus costatus, Parankylosauria, Polacanthidae, Polacanthoides, Priconodon, Priodontognathus, Qijiangpus, Rhadinosaurus, Rhodanosaurus, Sarcolestes, Sinankylosaurus, Spicomellus, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Tianchiasaurus, Zhejiangosaurus
Subtaxa: Vectipelta barretti
Type: Vectipelta barretti
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at foreshore, Chilton Chine (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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