Conditolepis  klapperi (Sandberg et Ziegler, 1973) from the K. crepida Zone at Kadzielnia in the Holy Cross Mountains.

Incomplete apparatus composition of Conditolepis  klapperi .

Diagnoza

Anterior margin of the P₁ element with a massive ramp-like ridge, posterior margin of the platform non-lobate, strongly sinuous.

Porównanie

This is the first species of the C. marginifera lineage as indicated by its robust appearance with massive anterior ridge of the platform. Similarly to the P₁ element, other elements of the apparatus are of large size, massive appearance and regular distribution of sharp denticles, otherwise they resemble those of other typical Conditolepis species.

Autekologia

Występowanie geograficzne

Kadzielnia and Jabłonna.

Zasięg czasowy

Late K. crepida Zone. 

Materiały muzealne

ZPAL: 2,846 specimens.

Literatura

Dzik, J. 2006. The Famennian "Golden Age" of conodonts and ammonoids in the Polish part of the Variscan sea. Palaeontologia Polonica 63, 1-359.