Craniops
Craniops Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Craniata |
Order: | †Craniopsida |
Family: | †Craniopsidae |
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
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Craniops" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Craniops". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- Craniops at fossiilid.info