Vectisuchus Knowpia

Vectisuchus; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Family:	†Pholidosauridae
Genus:	†Vectisuchus; Buffetaut & Hutt, 1980
Species
	†V. leptognathus Buffetaut and Hutt, 1980 (type);

Vectisuchus is a genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian, known from the Early Cretaceous-age Wealden Group of the Isle of Wight, England. It was a small, piscivorous crocodylomorph with a narrow, elongate snout, and relatively long forearms. The type specimen, SMNS 50984, was found in 1977. When discovered, it was complete and right-side-up, but the posterior portion was lost during excavation. Vectisuchus was described in 1980. The type species is V. leptognathus.^[1]

References edit

^ Buffetaut, E.; Hutt, S. (1980). "Vectisuchus leptognathus, n.g. n. sp., a slender-snouted goniopholid crocodilian from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 1980 (7): 385–390. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1980/1980/385.