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Ancistrocrania

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

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


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. The name is derived from the Greek words αγκιστρο (agkistro) "fish hook" and κρανίον (kranion) skull.


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