Gypospirifer condor

Gypospirifer condor
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian
Fossil of Gypospirifer condor from Bolivia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.