The Isle of Wight is one of the richest dinosaur localities in Europe, with over 20 species of dinosaur having been recognised from the early Cretaceous Period, some of which were first identified on
Baryonyx, a large theropod, was found with fish scales in its stomach, indicating that it may have been a piscivore.
Vectiraptor
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Vectiraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Barremian aged Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom. The type and only species is Vectiraptor greeni, known from associated dorsal vertebrae
Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight
…was found on the island in 1978 but not described until 1996. Ornithodesmus cluniculus Riparovenator milnerae Thecocoelurus daviesi, partial vertebrae Vectiraptor greeni, two partial dorsal vertebrae and parts of the sacrum found in 2003 and described in 2021. Vectaerovenator inopinatus, found in 2019 from 4 vertebrae…
Vectiraptor Camellae by Nick Longrich
Wessex Formation outcrops at Compton Bay, Isle of Wight, where the holotype was discovered.
The posterior dorsal