Craniops
Craniops Temporal range:
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Genus: | †Craniops Hall, 1859
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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]
See also[]
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External links[]
- "Craniops" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Craniops at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2-12-2016)
- Craniops at fossiilid.info
Categories:
- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Paleozoic brachiopods
- Craniopsida
- Ordovician first appearances
- Devonian extinctions
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Paleozoic life of Alberta
- Paleozoic life of Quebec
- Brachiopod stubs