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Pseudocrania

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocrania was named by M'Coy (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 404,1066]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Crania (Pseudocrania) by Winchell (1866).

It was assigned to Crania by Winchell (1866); to Craniidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Acrotretida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Pseudocrania M'Coy
1866Crania (Pseudocrania) Winchell
2000Pseudocrania Williams et al. p. 182
2002Pseudocrania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusPseudocraniaM'Coy 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pseudocrania M'Coy 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:22:18
Modified: 2005-02-03 09:29:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 1996, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Longvillian or 469.40000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation P. petropolitana (157085 157104 157105 157106 157107 157108 157109 157110 157111 157112 157113 157114 157115 157117 157118 157119 157120 157121 157122 157123 157124 157127 157128 157130 157131 157132 157133 157134 157135 157136 157139 157141)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) P. antiquissima (235818)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Iran P. insperata (186095)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Estonia P. antiquissima (56202)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden P. sp. (188213 188217 188218 188225 188234 188268 188280)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden P. sp. (2767)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Kazakhstan P. karatalensis (165646)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. divaricata (43640)