Crania (brachiopod)

Crania is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived during the Upper Cretaceous.

Crania Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Isocrania costata from the Maastrichtian of the Netherlands.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Craniata
Order:	Craniida
Family:	Craniidae
Genus:	†Crania Retzius, 1781
Species
C. craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758) type species = C. numulus, Anomia craniolaris, Nummulus brattenburgensis (Brattenburgpenningar)[2] C. antiqua Defrance, 1818 C. armata C. aspera C. bipartita C. gracilis C. intermedia C. obsoleta C. personata C. porosa C. prisca C. proavia C. ringens

Description

Crania has small (up to 2 centimetres or 0.79 inches in diameter) circular shells. The dorsal valve is smooth or has slight pustules. The ventral valve is only attached posteriorly and has a thickened flat grainy rim.[1]

Reassigned species

As the genus Crania was erected early on in paleontology, many species have since be reassigned.[1][3]

C. abnormis = Ancistrocrania abnormis C. austriaca = Danocrania austriaca C. barbata = Isocrania barbata C. bredai = Ancistrocrania bredai C. bromelli = Ancistrocrania bromelli C. nysti = Novocrania nysti C. californica = Novocrania californica C. comosa = Ancistrocrania comosa C. costata = Isocrania costata C. davidsoni = Ancistrocrania davidsoni C. egnabergensis = Isocrania egnabergensis C. guelhemensis = Danocrania geulhemensis C. hagenowi = Danocrania hagenowi C. hawaiiensis = Novocrania hawaiiensis C. kressenbergensis = Danocrania kressenbergensis C. lecontei = Novocrania lecontei C. nysti = Novocrania nysti C. parisiensis = Ancistrocrania parisiensis

C. philippinensis = Novocrania philippinensis C. pourtalesi = Novocrania pourtalesi C. permiana = Prorichthofenia permiana C. quadrangularis = Ancistrocrania quadrangularis C. quadrata = Pseudolingula quadrata C. retzii = Ancistrocrania retzii C. rostrata= Novocrania anomala C. spiculata = Acanthocrania spiculata C. spinulosa = Danocrania spinulosa C. stobaei = Ancistrocrania stobaei C. striata = Discina striata C. suessi Bosquet, 1859 = Ancistrocrania suessi C. suessi Reeve, 1862 = Novocrania japonica C. tripartita = Craniscus tripartita C. tuberculata = Danocrania tuberculata C. turbinata= Novocrania anomala C. unguiculata = Siphonotreta unguiculata C. valdiviae = Novocrania valdiviae

See also

• List of brachiopod genera
• Taxonomy of commonly fossilised invertebrates
• List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record

References

1. Lee, D. E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). "Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 40 (4): 141–160.
2. Emig, Christian C. (2009). "Nummulus brattenburgensis and Crania craniolaris (Brachiopoda, Craniidae)". Carnets de Géologie (8). doi:10.4267/2042/29780.
3. Moore, R.C. (1965). Brachiopoda. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part H., Volume 1. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. H267, H286, H288, H290, H463. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.

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