Extinct genus of brachiopods
Ancistrocrania Temporal range:
Senonian–Maastrichtian
Scientific classification
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
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
Ancistrocrania extinct genus of brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe and North-America.[ 1] Greek words αγκιστρο (agkistro) "fish hook" and κρανίον (kranion) skull.
