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Vectidromeus

Vectidromeus insularis Longrich et al. 2024

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 143.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Vectidromeus insularis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Longrich et al. 2024. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Vectidromeus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Vectidromeus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Vectidromeus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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predator–prey
Subtiliolithus
Subtiliolithus hyogoensis
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predator–prey
Suchomimus
Suchomimus tenerensis
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coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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coexisted–with
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus armatus
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coexisted–with
Cedarosaurus
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
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same–clade
Bolong
Bolong yixianensis
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