Biology:Danocrania

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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods

Danocrania
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Danian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Craniata
Order: Craniida
Family: Craniidae
Genus: Danocrania
Rozenkrantz, 1964
Species
  • D. spinulosa D. polonica
  • D. guelhemensis D. tuberculata
  • (Nilsson, 1826) type species [[Biology:Synonym (taxonomy)|=]] Crania tuberculata, Craniolites brattenburgicus (suppressed) (Cockbain, 1967) = Westalicrania allani
  • (Kruytzer & Meijer, 1958) = Crania guelhemensis (Nilsson, 1827) = Crania spinulosa
  • D. hagenowi D. austriaca
  • (Davidson, 1852) = Crania hagenowi Rozenkrantz, 1964
  • D. allani (Traub, 1938) = Crania austriaca
  • (Gümbel, 1861) = Crania kressenbergensis D. kressenbergensis
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

Wikidata ☰ Q18350247 entry