Vectiraptor greeni, a dromaeosaurid from the Wessex Formation

[Faelrin]

Only have some vertebrae and a sacrum, maybe some teeth too, though they were not referred. Paper is paywalled I think:


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667121003712?via%3Dihub


Saw some beautiful artwork by Gabriel Ugueto earlier today of it, so thought I should pass this discovery along. Seems the estimates are putting it around Deinonychus sized.


I think this has really interesting implications for the evolution of dromaeosaurids if not the ecology of the Wessex Formation as well.

[Halichoeres]

Definitely interesting biogeographically. Thanks for posting!