Vectipelta
| Vectipelta Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Vectipelta holotype at the Dinosaur Isle Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
| Genus: | †Vectipelta Pond et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †V. barretti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Vectipelta barretti Pond et al., 2023 | |
Vectipelta (meaning "Isle of Wight shield") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur recovered from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of England. The genus contains a single species, V. barretti, known from a partial skeleton including several osteoderms. It was historically known as the "Spearpoint ankylosaur" prior to its description.