Craniops

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

Craniops
Temporal range: 488.3–354.0 Ma
Scientific classification
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

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

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


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