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Petrocrania ✝

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Petrocrania sp.

Indiana, USA

Petrocrania sp.

Indiana, USA

Petrocrania sp.

Indiana, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864617	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864617
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26535	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26535

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniida : Craniidae : Petrocrania

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Craniiformea	Popov et al. 1993
class	Craniata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Craniida	Waagen 1885
superfamily	Cranioidea	(Menke 1828)
family	Craniidae	Menke 1828
genus	Petrocrania	Raymond 1911

Scientific Name

Petrocrania Raymond, 1911

Name Published In

Ann. Carnegie Mus., 7

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Petrocrania	genus	belongs to Craniidae	stated without evidence	Hoare, 1961
Petrocrania	genus	belongs to Craniidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Petrocrania	genus	belongs to Acrotretida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Craniata)

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont

Vision

blind (based on Craniata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000). LIFE HISTORY: Data from Leighton (2005).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Craniida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. E. Raymond. 1911. A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania. Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7:83-98

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Crania modesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crania ourayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crania prona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crania scabiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Craniella meduanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrocrania cicatricula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrocrania diabloensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Petrocrania dixonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrocrania dubia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Petrocrania exasperata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Petrocrania inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrocrania magna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrocrania meduanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petrocrania modesta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		37	331 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Petrocrania mullochensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Petrocrania ourayensi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petrocrania prona ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Petrocrania scabiosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		85	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Petrocrania septifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Petrocrania teretis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	279 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Philhedra mullochensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Craniella Oehlert, 1888	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniida : Craniidae : *Craniella*
Punctopatella Grubbs, 1939	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniida : Craniidae : *Punctopatella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1910	Petrocrania Raymond
1929	Philhedrella Kozlowski
1961	Petrocrania Hoare p. 25
1963	Philhedrella Wright
1977	Petrocrania Mitchell
2000	Petrocrania Williams et al. p. 181
2002	Petrocrania Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Philhedrella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Raymond P. E. (1911) A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania, Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7, 83-98

Hoare R. D. (1961) Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri, Missouri University Studies 36, 1-262

Wright A. D. (1963) The fauna of the Portrane Limestone 1. The inarticulate brachiopods, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 8 5, 224-254

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Carnegie Mus., 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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