Vectaerovenator

Vek-tay-ro-ven-ah-tor.
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Name

Vectaerovenator.

Phonetic

Vek-tay-ro-ven-ah-tor.

Named By

C.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Barker,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Naish,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Clarkin,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Farrell,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Hullman,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lockyear,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Schneider,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Ward‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Gostling‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

V.‭ ‬inopinatus‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

England,‭ ‬Isle of Wight‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ferruginous Sands.

Time Period

Aptian of the‭ ‬Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Several vertebrae.

In Depth

       Vectaerovenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the early cretaceous.‭ ‬Because the only fossil known for Vectaerovenator at the time of its description only consist of a few vertebrae,‭ ‬there is much we do not know about this dinosaur,‭ ‬including what kind of theropod dinosaur it was.‭ ‬Since the naming of this dinosaur,‭ ‬Vectaerovenator is sometimes credited as being about four meters long.‭ ‬Again,‭ ‬because of a severe lack of available fossils as well as not knowing the type of theropod dinosaur it was,‭ ‬such information must be regarded as highly speculative.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A highly pneumatic middle Cretaceous theropod from the British Lower Greensand.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Papers in Palaeontology.‭ ‬6‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬661‭–‬679.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Barker,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Naish,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Clarkin,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Farrell,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Hullman,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lockyear,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Schneider,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Ward‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Gostling‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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