Ancistrocrania
Temporal range: |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Brachiopoda |
| Class: |
Craniata |
| Order: |
Craniida |
| Family: |
Craniidae |
| Genus: |
†Ancistrocrania
Dall, 1877 |
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| 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
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| Synonyms |
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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.