Craniscus

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Craniscus
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic–Recent
Craniscus tripartitus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Craniata
Order: Craniida
Family: Craniidae
Genus: Craniscus
Dall, 1871
Species
  • (Adams, 1863) [[Synonym (taxonomy)|=]] Crania japonica, recent (Münster, 1840) type species = Crania tripartita, Lower Oxfordian
  • (Tate, 1893) [[Synonym (taxonomy)|=]] Crania quadrangularis non C. quadrangularis (Lundgren, 1885) C. suevica
  • C. tripartitus (Quenstedt, 1857) = Crania suevica, Upper Oxfordian
  • C. japonicus C. quadrangularis

Craniscus is a genus of small brachiopods (lamp shells). The shell is approximately round to square with one side rounded. The ventral valve is approximately flat and attached to the underground by the entire surface. The outside of the dorsal valve is more or less conical, the inside is divided by three ridges that join in the center.[1]

References

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