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Vectipelta
Genus of ankylosaurian dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vectipelta (meaning "Isle of Wight shield") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur recovered from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of England. The genus contains a single species, V. barretti, known from a partial skeleton including several osteoderms. It was historically known as the "Spearpoint ankylosaur" prior to its description.[1][2]
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Vectipelta | |
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Vectipelta holotype at the Dinosaur Isle Museum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Genus: | †Vectipelta Pond et al., 2023 |
Species: | †V. barretti |
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†Vectipelta barretti Pond et al., 2023 | |
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