Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Parent taxon: Craniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Brunton and Champion 1974, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1963
Sister taxa: Ancistrocrania, Celidocrania, Conocrania, Crania, Craniscus, Danocrania, Deliella, Isocrania, Lepidocrania, Mesocrania, Nematocrania, Neocrania, Orthisocrania, Petrocrania, Philhedra, Pseudocrania, Venetocrania, Westralicrania, Xenocrania
Subtaxa: Acanthocrania alta Acanthocrania conferta Acanthocrania cracentis Acanthocrania densispina Acanthocrania elusa Acanthocrania intermedia Acanthocrania magna Acanthocrania minutispinosa Acanthocrania nordtimanica Acanthocrania platys Acanthocrania regularis Acanthocrania setigera Acanthocrania spiculata Acanthocrania vasta
Type: Crania spiculata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (51: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), China (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Yukon Territory), Germany (4), United States (9: Missouri, Montana)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), China (3), Ireland (3), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (22: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 105 collections including 123 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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