Venetocrania Bitner and Dieni 2005 (lamp shell)

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Full reference: M. A. Bitner and I. Dieni. 2005. Late Eocene brachiopods from the Euganean Hills (NE Italy). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 98:103-111

Parent taxon: Craniidae according to M. A. Bitner and I. Dieni 2005

Sister taxa: Acanthocrania, Ancistrocrania, Celidocrania, Conocrania, Crania, Craniscus, Danocrania, Deliella, Isocrania, Lepidocrania, Mesocrania, Nematocrania, Neocrania, Orthisocrania, Petrocrania, Philhedra, Pseudocrania, Westralicrania, Xenocrania

Subtaxa: Venetocrania euganea

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Type: Venetocrania euganea

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Via Siesa, Castelnuovo of Teolo (Eocene of Italy)

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