Clarkina

Clarkina
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Clarkina

Species
  • Clarkina changxingensis
  • Clarkina crofti Kozur & Lucas[3]
  • Clarkina deflecta
  • Clarkina leveni
  • Clarkina orientalis
  • Clarkina postbitteri
    • Clarkina postbitteri hongshuiensis
    • Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri
  • Clarkina wangi
  • Clarkina subcarinata
Synonyms

?Neogondolella[4]

Clarkina is an extinct genus of conodonts. It is considered to be an offshore, outer shelf or basinal, deep-water taxon.[4]

The genus name is a tribute to David Leigh Clark.

  1. ^ Age and paleoecology of the conodont Clarkina changxingensis (Wang & Wang). Heinz Kozur, January 1992
  2. ^ Kozur, Cour Forschungsinst Senckenb, 1990, volume 117, page 414
  3. ^ Guadalupian (Middle Permian) Conodonts of Sponge-Bearing Limestones from the Margins of the Delaware Basin, West Texas. Kozur H. and Mostler H., Geologia Croatica, 1995, 48(2), pages 107-128 (abstract, retrieved 08 June 2016)
  4. ^ a b Palaeoecology of the conodonts Hindeodus and Clarkina during the Permian–Triassic transitional period. Xulong Lai, Paul Wignall and Kexin Zhang, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 171, Issues 1–2, 1 July 2001, Pages 63–72, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00269-3