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Vectis wrighti

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Cretapsaridae

Discussion

originally listed as Virgiscalpellum wrighti

Taxonomy
Vectis wrighti was named by Withers (1946). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crackers, Atherfield (Wright collection), which is in an Aptian marine siliciclastic in the Atherfield Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Vectis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Vectis wrighti Withers p. 559 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-10; text-figs 1-3
2010Vectis wrighti Schweitzer et al. p. 62
2012Vectis wrighti Schweitzer et al. p. 22 figs. 14.1a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—ArchaeobrachyuraGuinot 1978
RankNameAuthor
—BrachygnathaBorradaile
—BrachyrhynchaBorradaile 1907
—CallichimaeroidaLuque et al. 2019
familyCretapsaridae
—CyclodorippoidaAhyong 2007
—Dakoticancroida
—DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
—Etyoida
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—GymnopleuraBourne
—Homoloida
familyMontemagrechiridaeKlompmaker et al. 2016
—OxystomataMilne-Edwards 1834
familyPisidaeDana 1851
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPseudozioideaAlcock 1898
—Torynommoida
superfamilyTrapezioideaMiers 1886
familyViaiidae
genusVectisSalter 1863
specieswrighti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Vectis wrighti Withers 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Modified: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Vectis wrighti (1747)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Vectis wrighti (type locality: 171903)