Biology:Gypospirifer condor

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Short description: Species of fossil brachiopod

Gypospirifer condor
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian
Spiriferidae - Gypospirifer condor.JPG
Fossil of Gypospirifer condor from Bolivia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Trigonotretidae
Genus: Gypospirifer
Species:
G. condor
Binomial name
Gypospirifer condor
d'Orbigny 1842

Gypospirifer condor is an extinct species of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.[1]

Fossils of this species have been found in the sediments of the Carboniferous and Permian ages (from 298.9 to 279.5 million years ago).[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20687142 entry