{{Short description|Extinct genus of brachiopods}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|488.3|354.0}} | taxon = Craniops | authority = Hall, 1859 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * †''Craniops antiquus'' (Schlotheim, 1822) * †''Craniops brussai'' Benedetto, Lavié & Salas, 2024 * †''Craniops curvata'' (Bekker, 1921) * †''Craniops elegans'' (Bekker, 1921) * †''Craniops estona'' (Bekker, 1921) * †''Craniops implicatus'' (J. de C. Sowerby, 1839) * †''Craniops hamiltoniae'' Hall, 1867 * †''Craniops infrasilurica'' (Huene, 1899) * †''Craniops obtusa'' (Bekker, 1921) * †''Craniops pristina'' Popov & Cocks, 2014 * †''Craniops speculum'' Benedetto, Lavié & Salas, 2024 * †''Craniops subtruncata'' Hall, 1847 * †''Craniops tenuis'' Cooper, 1956 }}
'''''Craniops''''' is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Craniopsidae with species known from the Ordovocian to the Devonian.
''C. curvata'', ''C. elegans'', ''C. estona'' and ''C. obtusa'' are from the Kukruse Stage (Ordovician) of Kohtla-Järve, in north-eastern Estonia.<ref>Bekker, 1921. The Kuckers Stage of the Ordovician Rocks in N-E Estonia.</ref>
C.''brussai'' and C. ''speculum'' are from the Silurian Los Espejos Formation in the Precordillera basin in Aregntina.<ref>Benedetto, J. L.; Lavié, F. J.; Salas, M. J. (2024). "New Silurian craniopsids (Brachiopoda, Craniiformea) from the Precordillera basin of western Argentina and their associated faunas". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 138 104881. 104881. Bibcode:2024JSAES.13804881B. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104881.</ref>
''C. tenuis'' is from the pooleville member of the Bromide Formation from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma.<ref>Amsden, T.W. Catalogue of Fossils from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 43. 1957</ref>
==See also== * List of brachiopod genera
==References== {{Reflist}}
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