Vectocleidus
Vectocleidus was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the warm seas of the Early Cretaceous. It lived about 125 million years ago near what is now the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. This predator used its sharp teeth to catch fish and other slippery prey.14
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Datos curiosos
Vectocleidus is known from only a single specimen, which includes parts of the skull, backbone, and flippers.1
It belonged to a group called Leptocleididae, which were small to medium-sized plesiosaurs that lived in shallow seas.14
The name Vectocleidus comes from Vectis, the ancient Roman name for the Isle of Wight, and the Greek word kleid- meaning 'key' or 'collar bone'.1
Its fossils were found in the Vectis Formation, which was once the bottom of a warm, shallow sea.14
Scientists think Vectocleidus was a fast swimmer that used its long neck to ambush prey.1

Cazamitos
Mito: Vectocleidus is often mistaken for a dinosaur.
Verdade: Vectocleidus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived on land, while plesiosaurs swam in the oceans.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Vectocleidus
- Bautizado por
- Benson et al. 20134
- Grupo
- Plesiosauros
- Familia / clado
- Leptocleididae4
- Clasificación
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia4
- Idade das rochas
- de 126 a 121 millóns de anos (Barremian)4
- Formacións rochosas
- Vectis4
- Países
- Reino Unido4
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database4
- Descubrimento
- Vectocleidus was named in 2012 by paleontologists Roger Benson, Hilary Ketchum, Darren Naish, and L. E. Turner based on fossils found on the Isle of Wight.14
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Vectocleidus is related to other leptocleidid plesiosaurs, because its skeleton is incomplete.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Vectocleidus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Vectocleidus - Justapedia (justapedia.org)
- Vectocleidus (nl.wikipedia.org)
- Vectocleidus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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