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Dereta pectita

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula pectita was named by Sowerby (1816). Its type specimen is BMNH B61622, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horningsham, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dereta.

It was recombined as Dereta pectita by Elliott (1959) and Owen (1988).

Subspecies
D. ballardensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Terebratula pectita Sowerby p. 83 figs. Pl. 138, Fig. 1
1959Dereta pectita Elliott p. 147
1988Dereta pectita Owen p. 158 figs. 29-30; Pl. 17, Fig. 10-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyLaqueoideaThomson 1927
familyTerebrataliidaeRichardson 1975
subfamilyTrigonoseminaeElliott 1965
genusDereta
speciespectita(Sowerby 1816)

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.

†Dereta pectita Sowerby 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.014.014.014.0-

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:26:03
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:26:03
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Dereta pectita (type locality: 154024)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Dereta pectita (153916 153918 154026 154029)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Terebratula pectita (154013)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Dereta pectita (154025 154027 154028)