Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Parent taxon: Craniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocrania, Ancistrocrania, Celidocrania, Conocrania, Crania, Craniscus, Danocrania, Deliella, Lepidocrania, Mesocrania, Nematocrania, Neocrania, Orthisocrania, Petrocrania, Philhedra, Pseudocrania, Venetocrania, Westralicrania, Xenocrania
Subtaxa: Isocrania campaniensis Isocrania costata Isocrania phosphatica Isocrania praecostata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: South Carolina collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (11)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (18), Denmark (5), France (11), the Netherlands (1), Poland (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (12)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 65 collections including 84 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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