Craniscus Dall 1871 (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, Danocrania, Deliella, Isocrania, Lepidocrania, Mesocrania, Nematocrania, Neocrania, Orthisocrania, Petrocrania, Philhedra, Pseudocrania, Venetocrania, Westralicrania, Xenocrania

Subtaxa: Craniscus hesperius Craniscus izyumensis Craniscus japonicus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Vanuatu (3 collections)

• Miocene of Poland (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), Denmark (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Arizona)

• Jurassic of Ukraine (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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