Vectipelta
VEK-tee-PEL-tah /ˌvɛktɪˈpɛltə/
Accepted genus
Isle of Wight shield
- Vecti- · Latin · from Vectis, the Roman name for the Isle of Wight
- pelta · Latin (from Greek) · small shield
The name combines "Vectis", the Roman name for the Isle of Wight, with the Latin word for a small shield. It means "Isle of Wight shield". It refers to where the fossils were found and to the armour typical of ankylosaurs. The type species is Vectipelta barretti.
- Year named
- 2021
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England, UK
An armoured ankylosaurian dinosaur. I am less sure of the authorship and exact publication year, so named_by is left blank and the year (2021) should be checked.