Ancistrocrania

Ancistrocrania Temporal range: Senonian–Maastrichtian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Craniata
Order:	Craniida
Family:	Craniidae
Genus:	†Ancistrocrania Dall, 1877
Species
A. parisiensis (Defrance, 1818) type species = Crania parisiensis A. abnormis (Defrance, 1818) = Crania abnormis A. bredai (Bosquet, 1854) = Crania bredai A. bromelli (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania bromelli A. comosa (Bosquet, 1854) = Crania comosa A. davidsoni (Davidson, 1856) = Crania davidsoni A. hesperius (Cooper, 1955) = Craniscus hesperius A. mülleri (Bosquet, 1859) = Crania mülleri A. nodulosa (Höninghaus, 1828) = Crania nodulosa A. quadrangularis (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania quadrangularis A. retzii (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania retzii A. stobaei (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania stobaei A. suessi (Bosquet, 1859) = Crania suessi
Synonyms
Craniopsis, Dall, 1871 non Craniopsis Adams, 1860, a keyholelimpet

Ancistrocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopod from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe and North-America.^[1] The name is derived from the Greek words αγκιστρο (agkistro) "fish hook" and κρανίον (kranion) skull.

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.

• Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)

External links

• Ancistrocrania in the Paleobiology Database