{"id":2366,"date":"2013-11-19T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T20:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2014-01-01T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T00:34:46","slug":"craniida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/craniata\/craniida\/","title":{"rendered":"Craniida"},"content":{"rendered":"
Classification<\/strong> Geologic Range<\/strong> Common Paleoecology<\/strong> Characteristics of the Order<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nPhylum: Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass: Craniata<\/a>
\nOrder: Craniida (Waagen, 1885)
\nCincinnatian Families: Craniidae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nOrdovician – Holocene<\/p>\n
\nCraniida is an extinct order of stationary, epifaunal suspension feeders.\n<\/div>\n\n
\nTreatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Vol. 2 (2000)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n
\nentirely periostracal; mantle setae present in recent forms; shell growth generally holoperipheral, rarely
\nmixoperipheral; dorsal valve convex to subconical, ventral valve plane to convex or encrusting; dorsal
\nbody wall of recent forms attached to dorsal valve in five separate areas; attachment scars of dorsal
\ninternal oblique muscles situated posterolaterally; mantle canal system pinnate, only rarely with vascula
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