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.
Distribution C. curvata, C. elegans, C. estona and C. obtusa are from the Kukruse Stage (Ordovician) of Kohtla-Järve, in north-eastern Estonia.Bekker, 1921. The Kuckers Stage of the Ordovician Rocks in N-E 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.Amsden, T.W. Catalogue of Fossils from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 43. 1957
Palaeobiology
Life history Craniops underwent a lecithotrophic larval stage during its ontogeny.
See also List of brachiopod genera
References
External links
Craniops at fossiilid.info