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Klapperina

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Polygnathidae

Taxonomy
Klapperina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Palmatolepis by Clark et al. (1981).

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); to Polygnathida by Ovnatanova and Kononova (2008); and to Polygnathidae by Ovnatanova et al. (2017).

Species
K. disparilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
K. disparalvea, K. disparata, K. unilabius, K. vysotzkii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Klapperina Sepkoski
2008Klapperina Ovnatanova and Kononova p. 1082
2017Klapperina Ovnatanova et al. p. 1059

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
RankNameAuthor
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
suborderOzarkodininaDzik 1976
superfamilyPolygnathaceaBassler 1925
familyPolygnathidaeBassler 1925
genusKlapperina

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.

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†Klapperina disparilis Ziegler and Klapper 1976
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. S. Ovnatanova and L. I. Kononova 2008Pa element planate; platform flat and bladelike; anterior end rounded; posterior end pointed. Median ridge straight and denticulated. Free blade short, about one-fifth or one-sixth of platform length. Platform surface shagreened or covered with coarse nodes. Basal cavity large, distinctly asymmetrical, located in middle or, sometimes, in posterior part of lower platform surface, varying from triangular to L-shaped, with margins elevated above lower surface. Keel thin and filiform (Fig. 20).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 383.40000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Arnsberg) K. disparata (150547) K. disparilis (150548 150549)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) K. disparata (149682) K. disparata, K. disparalvea, K. disparilis (149683) K. disparilis (149681 150699)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco K. disparalvea (148864 149163 152962) K. disparalvea, K. disparilis (145527 148837 148838 148839 152972) K. disparilis (148836 149350 152959 152960 152961) Palmatolepis disparalvea (145452)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain K. disparalvea (144623 145861) K. disparalvea, K. sp. (144622) K. disparilis (144620 144621 145853 145854 145856 145857 145858 145859 145864) K. unilabius, K. disparilis (145860)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France K. sp. (149485) K. vysotzkii (149459)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31USA (Nevada) K. disparilis (278048)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) K. disparata (83918)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain K. sp., K. disparilis (197173) K. unilabius (145894)