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Craniops

Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae

Taxonomy
Craniops was named by Hall (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 4,397]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Craniopsidae.

It was assigned to Craniopsidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Craniopsida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Craniops Hall
1859Pholidops Hall p. 489
2000Craniops Williams et al. p. 164
2002Craniops 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
orderCraniopsidaGorjansky and Popov 1985
superfamilyCraniopsioideaWilliams 1963
familyCraniopsidaeWilliams 1963
genusCraniopsHall 1859

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. †Craniops Hall 1859
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†Craniops hamiltoniae Hall 1867
†Craniops pristina Popov and Cocks 2014
†Craniops subtruncata Hall 1847
Invalid names: Pholidops Hall 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:44:57
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:44:57
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 1996, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Osagean or 453.80000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (289 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) C. sp. (50611 50614 50645 50650 50652 50654 50657)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (64478 64482 64561) Pholidops trentonensis (26276)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) C. subtruncata (77222)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Virginia) C. sp. (343)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Virginia) C. sp. (85581 85583 85585 85586 85588 85590 85591 85592 85593 85595 85596 85597 85598 85599 85600 85601 85602 85603 85604 85605 85608 85609 85611 85612 85614 85624)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) C. tenuis (23895)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Pholidops minor (219965)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. minor (23290)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. minor (23799 23800 23801)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. minor (23278)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) C. patina (213759)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) C. sp. (25817)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) Pholadopsis sp. (610) Pholidops sp. (9518 9523 232686)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Goias) C. sp. (37157)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) C. hamiltoniae (91228 91229 91230 91236)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) C. hamiltoniae (9893 9910 9913 9916 9924) C. sp. (627)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) C. hamiltoniae (9506 9508 9509 9510 9511 9602 89696 89755 89767 89927 111417) Pholidops linguloides (5657 5661 5664 5665 5666 10101 10109 10119 96209) Pholidops sp. (9352 9356 9358 9363 9365 9366)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Indiana) C. hamiltonae (65999) C. hamiltoniae (55606 55670 55761 66000 66001 66003 66054 66056)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) Pholidops florestae (36012)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0Canada (Alberta) C. n sp (62417)