original description
(of Crania huttoni Thomson, 1916) Thomson, J. A. (1916). Additions to the knowledge of the recent and Tertiary Brachiopoda of New Zealand and Australia. <em>New Zealand Institute, Transactions and Proceedings.</em> 48:41–47, 1 pl. [details]
taxonomy source
Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (1986). Neocrania n. gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the Family Craniidae. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.).</em> 40(4): 141-160.
note: Moves species from Crania to Neocrania. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Macfarlan, D.A.B.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Campbell, H.J.; Cooper, R.A.; Lee, D.E.; MacKinnon, D.I.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Wright, A.J.; Robinson, J.H. (2009). Phylum Brachiopoda: lamp shells, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 255-267. [details]
additional source
Robinson, J. H. (2017). Fossil craniid brachiopods (Craniata) of Australia and New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 129(2): 7-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/rs17005
note: Describes fossil specimens from the Oligocene. [details]
redescription
Robinson, J. H. (2017). A review of all Recent species in the genus Novocrania (Craniata, Brachiopoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4329(6): 501-559., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4329.6.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Lee, D.E.; Brunton, C.H.C. (2001). Novocrania, new name for the genus Neocrania Lee & Brunton, 1986 (Brachiopoda, Craniids); preoccupied by Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology).</em> 57(1): 5.
note: Moves species from Neocrania to Novocrania. [details]
From editor or global species database
Stratigraphy Fossil specimens of this species occur in the Oligocene. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]