Vectidraco
Vectidraco was a small flying reptile that lived in the Early Cretaceous period. It had a wingspan of about 75 centimetres (2.5 feet), which is as wide as a big umbrella. It flew over the seas near what is now the Isle of Wight in England.12
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Vectidraco was discovered by a girl named Daisy Morris and her family on a beach in 2008.2
Its name means 'dragon from the Isle of Wight' because it was found there.1
Vectidraco is known only from a partial pelvis and some vertebrae, so scientists are still learning about it.2
It lived about 125 to 119 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3
It belonged to a group called azhdarchoids, which includes some of the largest flying animals ever.2
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?Was Vectidraco a dinosaur?
No, Vectidraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.14
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- Scientific name
- Vectidraco
- Named by
- Naish et al. 20136
- Group
- Flying reptiles
- Family / clade
- Azhdarchoidea6
- Classification
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
- Age of the rocks
- 126 to 120 million years (Barremian / Aptian)6
- Rock formations
- Vectis6
- Countries
- United Kingdom6
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database6
- Discovery
- Vectidraco was discovered by the Morris family on the Isle of Wight in 2008. It was named and described by scientists Darren Naish, Martin Simpson, and Gareth Dyke in 2013.2
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Vectidraco is related to other pterosaurs, because only a few bones have been found.2
Where the facts come from
- Vectidraco (en.wikipedia.org)
- A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the (journals.plos.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Pterosaur From The Isle Of Wight | University of Southampton (southampton.ac.uk)
- A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Its Implications for Pterosaur Anatomy, Diversity and Phylogeny | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
- Vectidraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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