Clarkina

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

Clarkina Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Family:	†Gondolellidae[1]
Genus:	†Clarkina Kozur 1990[2]
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]

The genus name is a tribute to David Leigh Clark.

Synonyms

Clarkina Soodan 1975 is a junior synonym for the prehistoric sea cucumber Soodanella Huddleston 1982 in the family Priscopedatidae.

Clarkina Jordan & Evermann, 1927 is a junior synonym for the cyprinid fish genus Mylocheilus Agassiz, 1855.

Use in stratigraphy

The top of the Capitanian (or the base of the Wuchiapingian) is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where the conodont subspecies Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri first appears.

The top of the Wuchiapingian (or the base of the Changhsingian) is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where the conodont species Clarkina wangi first appears. The global reference section is profile D at Meishan, in the type area in Changxing.