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Cretirhynchia lenticularis
Taxonomy
Cretirhynchia lenticularis was named by Pettitt (1950). Its type specimen is G.S.M. 88774 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Epsom limeworks (junction of Cortestudinarium and Coranguinum zones), which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1950 | Cretirhynchia lenticularis Pettitt p. 13 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 7a-c, 13a-c |
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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.
†Cretirhynchia lenticularis Pettitt 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 0.212 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretirhynchia lenticularis (159321) | |
| Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretirhynchia lenticularis (type locality: 159310 159314 159315 159317 159318 159319) |