| Crania Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Craniata |
| Order: | Craniida |
| Family: | Craniidae |
| Genus: | †Crania Retzius, 1781 |
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Crania is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived during the Upper Cretaceous.
Description
Crania has small (up to 2 centimetres or 0.79 inches in diameter) circular shells. The dorsal valve is smooth or has slight pustules. The ventral valve is only attached posteriorly and has a thickened flat grainy rim.
Reassigned species
As the genus Crania was erected early on in paleontology, many species have since be reassigned.
See also
References
- ^ Lee, D. E.; Brunton, 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 (4): 141–160.
- Emig, Christian C. (2009). "Nummulus brattenburgensis and Crania craniolaris (Brachiopoda, Craniidae)". Carnets de Géologie (8). doi:10.4267/2042/29780. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- Moore, R.C. (1965). Brachiopoda. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. Part H., Volume 1. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. H267, H286, H288, H290, H463. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
- Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces rècemment découvertes. Tome2 (1842). Jean-Charles Chenu, 1842 Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
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