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Dercetis
Taxonomy
Dercetis was named by Agassiz (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo K Camp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 863,915]. It is the type genus of Dercetidae.
It was assigned to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dercetidae by Woodward (1901), Woodward (1903), Casier (1965), Goody (1969), Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021) and Argyriou (2022).
It was assigned to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dercetidae by Woodward (1901), Woodward (1903), Casier (1965), Goody (1969), Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021) and Argyriou (2022).
Synonymy list
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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.
G. †Dercetis Agassiz 1834
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†Dercetis elongatus Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Leptotrachelus sagittatus von der Marck 1873 [synonym]
†Dercetis magnificus Chida et al. 2023
†Dercetis scutatus Agassiz 1834
†Dercetis triqueter Pictet 1850
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Invalid names: Dercetis linguifer Pictet 1850 [synonym], Dercetis tenuis Pictet 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptotrachelus elongatus (222439 227794 227795 227796) | |
| Turonian | Mexico (Puebla) | D. sp. (215805) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptotrachelus elongatus (222444 227792 227793) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | D. linguifer, D. triqueter, D. tenuis (221187) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Leptotrachelus sagittatus (213198) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | D. magnificus (230440 230441 230442) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | D. triqueter (32148) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Jordan | D. sp. (170239) |