Vectidromeus Longrich et al. 2024 (hypsilophodontid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, M. Munt, M. Green, M. Penn and S. Smith. 2024. Vectidromeus insularis, a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England. Cretaceous Research 154:105707

Parent taxon: Hypsilophodontidae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Daurosaurus, Dryosaurinae, Hypsilophodon, Hypsilophodontinae, Nanosaurinae, Parksosauridae, Iguanodontinae, Camptosaurinae

Subtaxa: Vectidromeus insularis

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Type: Vectidromeus insularis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Wight (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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