Craniops
Extinct genus of brachiopods
Craniops is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Craniopsidae with species known from the Ordovician to the Devonian periods of the Palaeozoic era.
01Distribution
C. curvata, C. elegans, C. estona and C. obtusa are from the Kukruse Stage (Ordovician) of Kohtla-Järve, in north-eastern Estonia.
C.brussai and C. speculum are from the Silurian Los Espejos Formation in the Precordillera Basin in Argentina.
C. tenuis is from the Pooleville Member of the Bromide Formation from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma.
02Palaeobiology
Life history
Craniops underwent a lecithotrophic larval stage during its ontogeny.
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