Craniops

Extinct genus of brachiopods

Craniops Temporal range: 488.3–354.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Craniata
Order:	†Craniopsida
Family:	†Craniopsidae
Genus:	†Craniops Hall, 1859
Species
†Craniops antiquus (Schlotheim, 1822) - Wenlock †Craniops curvata (Bekker, 1921) - Kukruse Stage †Craniops elegans (Bekker, 1921) - Kukruse Stage †Craniops estona (Bekker, 1921) - Kukruse Stage †Craniops implicatus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1839) - Llandovery - Wenlock †Craniops infrasilurica (Huene, 1899) - Kukruse Stage †Craniops obtusa (Bekker, 1921) - Kukruse Stage †Craniops pristina †Craniops subtruncata †Craniops tenuis

Craniops is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Craniopsidae with species known from the Ordovocian to the Devonian.

C. curvata, C. elegans, C. estona and C. obtusa are from the Kukruse Stage (Ordovician) of Kohtla-Järve, in north-eastern Estonia.^[1]

C. tenuis is a pooleville member of the Bromide Formation from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma.^[2]

References

^ Bekker, 1921. The Kuckers Stage of the Ordovician Rocks in N-E Estonia.
^ Amsden, T.W. Catalogue of Fossils from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 43. 1957

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