Crania (genus)

Crania Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Isocrania costata from the Maastrichtian of The Netherlands.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Craniata
Order:	Craniida
Family:	Craniidae
Genus:	†Crania Retzius, 1781
Species
C. craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758) type species = C. numulus, Anomia craniolaris, Nummulus brattenburgensis (Brattenburgpenningar) C. antiqua Defrance, 1818 C. armata C. aspera C. bipartita C. gracilis C. intermedia C. obsoleta C. personata C. porosa C. prisca C. proavia C. ringens

Crania is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived during the Upper Cretaceous.

Crania has small (up to 2 centimetres or 0.79 inches in diameter) circular shells. The dorsal valve is smooth or has slight pustules. The ventral valve is only attached posteriorly and has a thickened flat grainy rim.

As the genus Crania was erected early on in paleontology, many species have since be reassigned.