New IoW Theropod Discovered - Vectaerovenator

[Omnomosaurus]

Looks like we have a new dinosaur from the UK:

 

Vectaerovenator inopinainopinatus

 

The University of Southampton has confirmed that vertebrae discovered at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight in 2019 belong to a new species of Cretaceous era theropod.

 

Believed to be up to 4m long, the dinosaur had notably hollow bones.

 

"Chris Barker, a PhD student at the university who led the study, said: “We were struck by just how hollow this animal was — it’s riddled with air spaces. Parts of its skeleton must have been rather delicate"."

 

News article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-hampshire-53738762

 

Full publication expected in 'Papers in Palaeontology' soon.

[Troodon]

Saw this posted yesterday, not much found but cool anyway.  Will be interesting to see the paper and how its related to Trex.  Wonder how long it will take to see IOW teeth for sale from this dino 

[Bobby Rico]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/hampshire bbc posted it today

[Omnomosaurus]

5 hours ago, Troodon said:

Saw this posted yesterday, not much found but cool anyway.  Will be interesting to see the paper and how its related to Trex.  Wonder how long it will take to see IOW teeth for sale from this dino 

 

It'll definitely be an interesting read, by the sounds of it. Bet those sales listings are already being written as we speak 

[DD1991]

On 8/12/2020 at 3:03 AM, Troodon said:

Saw this posted yesterday, not much found but cool anyway.  Will be interesting to see the paper and how its related to Trex.  Wonder how long it will take to see IOW teeth for sale from this dino 

The paper describing Vectaerovenator is now available online at this link:

 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.1338