Pterosaurs of the Isle of Wight - Vectidraco, a small Azhdarchic pterosaur from the Isle of Wight

Vectidraco,

a small Azhdarchic pterosaur from the Isle of Wight

Vectidraco

Meaning

Vectis dragon

Wingspan

approx 75 cm (2.4 feet)

Classification

Pterosauria Kaup, 1834.
Pterodactyloidea Plieninger, 1901.
Lophocratia Unwin, 2003.
Azhdarchoidea Nessov, 1984 (sensu Unwin, 1992 [14]).


Vectidraco daisymorrisae, Naish, Simpson, & Dyke 2013

Locations

Atherfield point

Pterodactyloid with subtriangular concavity posterodorsal to the acetabulum, overhung dorsally by a posteroventrally oriented ridge, and undivided, suboval fossa present on anteromedial surface of postacetabular process, adjacent to convex dorsal surface. All three features represent autapomorphies of this taxon. The combined presence of a postacetabular process on the ilium where the shaft is elongate and where the entire length of the postacetabular process is similar in length to the convex terminus of the postacetabular process is also regarded as autapomorphic