Danocrania

Danocrania
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Danian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Craniata
Order: Craniida
Family: Craniidae
Genus: †Danocrania
Rozenkrantz, 1964
species
  • D. tuberculata (Nilsson, 1826) type species = Crania tuberculata, Craniolites brattenburgicus (suppressed)
  • D. allani (Cockbain, 1967) = Westalicrania allani
  • D. austriaca (Traub, 1938) = Crania austriaca
  • D. guelhemensis (Kruytzer & Meijer, 1958) = Crania guelhemensis
  • D. hagenowi (Davidson, 1852) = Crania hagenowi
  • D. kressenbergensis (Gümbel, 1861) = Crania kressenbergensis
  • D. polonica Rozenkrantz, 1964
  • D. spinulosa (Nilsson, 1827) = Crania spinulosa
Synonyms

Westalicrania, Cockbain, 1967

Danocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopod from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene of Europe and Australia. The shell is round to rounded square. The dorsal valve is covered in fine pustules or spines.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Lee, D.E.; Burton, C.H.C. (1986). "Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) - Geology 40: 141–160. ISSN 0968-0462.


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