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Westralicrania

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Westralicrania was named by Cockbain (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 405,538]. Its type is Westralicrania allani.

It was synonymized subjectively with Danocrania by Williams et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Craniidae by Craig (2000); and to Acrotretida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
W. allani (type species), W. zenobiae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Westralicrania Cockbain
2000Westralicrania Craig p. 113
2002Westralicrania 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
genusWestralicraniaCockbain 1967

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. †Westralicrania Cockbain 1967
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Westralicrania allani Cockbain 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available