Extinct genus of brachiopods
Danocrania
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Danian
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Brachiopoda
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Class:
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Craniata
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Order:
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Craniida
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Family:
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Craniidae
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Genus:
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†Danocrania Rozenkrantz, 1964
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Species
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- D. tuberculata (Nilsson, 1826) type species = Crania tuberculata, Craniolites brattenburgicus (suppressed)
- D. allani (Cockbain, 1967) = Westalicrania allani
- D. austriaca (Traub, 1938) = Crania austriaca
- D. guelhemensis (Kruytzer & Meijer, 1958) = Crania guelhemensis
- D. hagenowi (Davidson, 1852) = Crania hagenowi
- D. kressenbergensis (Gümbel, 1861) = Crania kressenbergensis
- D. polonica Rozenkrantz, 1964
- D. spinulosa (Nilsson, 1827) = Crania spinulosa
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Synonyms
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Westalicrania, Cockbain, 1967
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Danocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene of Europe and Australia. The shell is round to rounded square. The dorsal valve is covered in fine pustules or spines.[1]