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Dercetis

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

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).

Species

D. elongatus (syn. Leptotrachelus sagittatus), D. magnificus, D. scutatus, D. triqueter (syn. D. tenuis, D. linguifer)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1834	Dercetis Agassiz p. 389
1901	Dercetis Woodward p. 172
1903	Dercetis Woodward p. 65
1965	Dercetis Casier p. 18
1969	Dercetis Goody p. 51
2002	Dercetis Sepkoski
2021	Dercetis Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 2
2022	Dercetis Argyriou p. 106

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Osteoglossocephalai
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleosteomorpha
—	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
—	Eurypterygia	(Rosen 1973)
—	Aulopa
order	Aulopiformes	Rosen 1973
suborder	Ichthyotringoidei	Goody 1969
family	Dercetidae	Cope
genus	Dercetis

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

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Created:

2009-07-20 20:54:50

Modified:

2009-07-20 22:54:50

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

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
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	United Kingdom (England)	Leptotrachelus elongatus (222439 227794 227795 227796)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Mexico (Puebla)	D. sp. (215805)
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	United Kingdom (England)	Leptotrachelus elongatus (222444 227792 227793)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Lebanon	D. linguifer, D. triqueter, D. tenuis (221187)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Canada (Alberta)	D. magnificus (230440 230441 230442)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	Leptotrachelus sagittatus (213198)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	D. triqueter (32148)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Jordan	D. sp. (170239)