Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Parent taxon: Craniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocrania, Ancistrocrania, Celidocrania, Conocrania, Crania, Danocrania, Deliella, Isocrania, Lepidocrania, Mesocrania, Nematocrania, Neocrania, Orthisocrania, Petrocrania, Philhedra, Pseudocrania, Venetocrania, Westralicrania, Xenocrania
Subtaxa: Craniscus hesperius Craniscus izyumensis Craniscus japonicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Vanuatu (3 collections)
• Miocene of Poland (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), Denmark (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Arizona)
• Jurassic of Ukraine (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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