Crania (brachiopod)
Genus of brachiopods
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Crania is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived during the Upper Cretaceous.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Craniata |
| Order: | Craniida |
| Family: | Craniidae |
| Genus: | †Crania Retzius, 1781 |
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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.[1]
Reassigned species
As the genus Crania was erected early on in paleontology, many species have since been reassigned.[1][3]
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