Ancistrocrania

Ancistrocrania; Temporal range: Senonian–Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Craniata
Order:	Craniida
Family:	Craniidae
Genus:	†Ancistrocrania; Dall, 1877
Species
	A. parisiensis (Defrance, 1818) type species = Crania parisiensis ; A. abnormis (Defrance, 1818) = Crania abnormis ; A. bredai (Bosquet, 1854) = Crania bredai ; A. bromelli (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania bromelli ; A. comosa (Bosquet, 1854) = Crania comosa ; A. davidsoni (Davidson, 1856) = Crania davidsoni ; A. hesperius (Cooper, 1955) = Craniscus hesperius ; A. mülleri (Bosquet, 1859) = Crania mülleri ; A. nodulosa (Höninghaus, 1828) = Crania nodulosa ; A. quadrangularis (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania quadrangularis ; A. retzii (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania retzii ; A. stobaei (Lundgren, 1885) = Crania stobaei ; A. suessi (Bosquet, 1859) = Crania suessi ;
Synonyms
	Craniopsis, Dall, 1871 non Craniopsis Adams, 1860, a keyholelimpet

Ancistrocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe and North-America.^[1] The name is derived from the Greek words αγκιστρο (agkistro) "fish hook" and κρανίον (kranion) skull.

^ Lee, D.E.; Burton, C.H.C. (1986). "Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 40: 141–160. ISSN 0968-0462.

[1] Lee, D.E.; Burton, C.H.C. (1986). "Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 40: 141–160. ISSN 0968-0462.

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