Craniops

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Craniops

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Craniops is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Craniopsidae with species known from the Ordovocian to the Devonian.

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C. curvata, C. elegans, C. estona and C. obtusa are from the Kukruse Stage (Ordovician) of Kohtla-Järve, in north-eastern Estonia.[1]

C. tenuis is a pooleville member of the Bromide Formation from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Bekker, 1921. The Kuckers Stage of the Ordovician Rocks in N-E Estonia.
  2. [2]
    Amsden, T.W. Catalogue of Fossils from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 43. 1957
  • "Craniops" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Craniops". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  • Craniops at fossiilid.info


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