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Kopalina perplexa

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parallelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Kopalina perplexa was named by Nikitina et al. (2006). Its type specimen is USNM 485084, a valve (dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 126. Section II. Eastern side of the Kopalysai valley, which is in an Abereiddian carbonate limestone in the Uzunbulak Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Kopalina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Kopalina perplexa Nikitina et al. pp. 209 - 210 figs. 37.14–16; 40C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderPentameridaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
suborderSyntrophiidinaUlrich and Cooper 1936
superfamilyCamerelloideaHall and Clarke 1894
familyParallelasmatidaeCooper 1956
genusKopalina
speciesperplexa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kopalina perplexa Nikitina et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:11:46
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:11:46
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Abereiddian or 468.00000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1Kazakhstan Kopalina perplexa (type locality: 165488)