Crania kirkbyi Davidson 1858 (lamp shell)

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Full reference: T. Davidson. 1858. A monograph of British Permian Brachiopoda 1-51

Belongs to Crania according to H. B. Geinitz 1861

See also Davidson 1858

Sister taxa: Crania (Lissocrania), Crania altivertes, Crania anticostiana, Crania antiqua, Crania austriaca, Crania badensis, Crania californica, Crania calymene, Crania chesterensis, Crania columbiana, Crania craniolaris, Crania hawaiiensis, Crania huttoni, Crania indonesiensis, Crania laevis, Crania lamellosa, Crania missouriensis, Crania patagonica, Crania permica, Crania philippinensis, Crania pourtalesi, Crania proavia, Crania reposita, Crania roseradiata, Crania rostrata, Crania starhembergensis, Crania subrostrata, Crania suessi, Crania trigonalis, Crania valdiviae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection)

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