†Dereta Elliott 1959 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1959. Six new genera of Mesozoic Brachiopoda. Geological Magazine 96:146-148
Parent taxon: Trigonoseminae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Terebrirostra, Trigonosemus
Subtaxa: Dereta incerta Dereta pectita
Type: Terebratula pectita
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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