Isocrania Jaekel 1902 (lamp shell)

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

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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

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