Craniops is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Craniopsidae with species known from the Ordovocian to the Devonian.

Craniops
Temporal range: 488.3–354.0 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Craniata
Order: Craniopsida
Family: Craniopsidae
Genus: Craniops
Hall, 1859
Species
  • Craniops antiquus (Schlotheim, 1822)
  • Craniops brussai Benedetto, Lavié & Salas, 2024
  • Craniops curvata (Bekker, 1921)
  • Craniops elegans (Bekker, 1921)
  • Craniops estona (Bekker, 1921)
  • Craniops implicatus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1839)
  • Craniops hamiltoniae Hall, 1867
  • Craniops infrasilurica (Huene, 1899)
  • Craniops obtusa (Bekker, 1921)
  • Craniops pristina Popov & Cocks, 2014
  • Craniops speculum Benedetto, Lavié & Salas, 2024
  • Craniops subtruncata Hall, 1847
  • Craniops tenuis Cooper, 1956

C. curvata, C. elegans, C. estona and C. obtusa are from the Kukruse Stage (Ordovician) of Kohtla-Järve, in north-eastern Estonia.[1]

C.brussai and C. speculum are from the Silurian Los Espejos Formation in the Precordillera basin in Aregntina.[2]

C. tenuis is from the pooleville member of the Bromide Formation from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma.[3]

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References

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  1. Bekker, 1921. The Kuckers Stage of the Ordovician Rocks in N-E Estonia.
  2. Benedetto, J. L.; Lavié, F. J.; Salas, M. J. (2024). "New Silurian craniopsids (Brachiopoda, Craniiformea) from the Precordillera basin of western Argentina and their associated faunas". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 138 104881. 104881. Bibcode:2024JSAES.13804881B. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104881.
  3. Amsden, T.W. Catalogue of Fossils from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 43. 1957
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