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Vectipelta barretti
Taxonomy
Vectipelta barretti was named by Pond et al. (2023) [Holotype: A partial skeleton containing cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, fragmentary girdle and limb elements, and numerous osteoderms, housed in the Dinosaur Isle Museum, Isle of Wight. Parts of the specimen were acquired at different times by the Museum and are therefore accessioned under different specimen numbers. The cervical vertebrae and six of the free dorsals have the specimen number IWCMS1996.153. The remainder of the skeleton is accessioned under the number IWCMS 2021.75.]. Its type specimen is IWCMS1996.153, IWCMS 2021.75, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is foreshore, Chilton Chine, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Vectipelta.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Vectipelta barretti Pond et al. |
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†Vectipelta barretti Pond et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Pond et al. 2023 | Vectipelta barretti differs from other ankylosaurs by the possession of the following autapomorphies: anteriorly projecting lip on the ventral surface of the anterior articular facet of the axis; deep fossa present in the floor of the neural canal, piercing the centrum in cervical and caudal vertebrae; postzygapophyses of cervical vertebrae widely separated by a deep, transversely broad and dorsoventrally elongate fossa containing a midline ridge extending dorsally towards the neural spine; epipophyses present in posterior cervical vertebrae; highly rugose ridges extending ventrally from the parapophyses to the centrum in anterior dorsal vertebrae; anterior centroparapophyeal laminae present on the neural arches in mid-dorsal vertebrae; ischium with elongate, gently curving shaft in lateral view that is straight in anterior view; sacral shield smooth on its dor- sal surface with gently undulating low-relief ornamentation. |
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Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Vectipelta barretti (type locality: 53891) |