Danocrania

Danocrania; Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Danian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Craniata
Order:	Craniida
Family:	Craniidae
Genus:	†Danocrania; Rozenkrantz, 1964
Species
	D. tuberculata (Nilsson, 1826) type species = Crania tuberculata, Craniolites brattenburgicus (suppressed) ; D. allani (Cockbain, 1967) = Westalicrania allani ; D. austriaca (Traub, 1938) = Crania austriaca ; D. guelhemensis (Kruytzer & Meijer, 1958) = Crania guelhemensis ; D. hagenowi (Davidson, 1852) = Crania hagenowi ; D. kressenbergensis (Gümbel, 1861) = Crania kressenbergensis ; D. polonica Rozenkrantz, 1964 ; D. spinulosa (Nilsson, 1827) = Crania spinulosa ;
Synonyms
	Westalicrania, Cockbain, 1967

Danocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene of Europe and Australia. The shell is round to rounded square. The dorsal valve is covered in fine pustules or spines.[1]

References

Lee, D.E.; Burton, 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: 141–160. ISSN 0968-0462.

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[1] Lee, D.E.; Burton, 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: 141–160. ISSN 0968-0462.