Biology:Ancistrocrania

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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods

Ancistrocrania
Temporal range: Senonian–Maastrichtian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Craniata
Order: Craniida
Family: Craniidae
Genus: †Ancistrocrania
Dall, 1877
Species
  • A. parisiensis (Defrance, 1818) type species = Crania parisiensis
  • (Defrance, 1818) = Crania abnormis (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania bromelli
  • (Bosquet, 1859) = Crania mülleri A. nodulosa
  • A. comosa (Höninghaus, 1828) = Crania nodulosa
  • A. bredai (Bosquet, 1854) = Crania comosa
  • (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania quadrangularis A. retzii
  • A. davidsoni (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania retzii
  • A. abnormis (Bosquet, 1854) = Crania bredai
  • (Davidson, 1856) = Crania davidsoni (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania stobaei
  • A. suessi A. hesperius
  • (Bosquet, 1859) = Crania suessi A. bromelli
  • (Cooper, 1955) = Craniscus hesperius A. stobaei
  • A. quadrangularis A. mülleri
Synonyms

Craniopsis, Dall, 1871 non Craniopsis Adams, 1860, a keyholelimpet

Ancistrocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe and North-America.[1] The name is derived from the Greek words αγκιστρο (agkistro) "fish hook" and κρανίον (kranion) skull.

References

  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. https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_133702_neocraniangenandarevisionofcre1949. 
  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3077994 entry




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