Gypospirifer condor is an extinct species of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.[1]
Gypospirifer condor Temporal range:
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Fossil of Gypospirifer condor from Bolivia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Rhynchonellata |
Order: | †Spiriferida |
Family: | †Trigonotretidae |
Genus: | †Gypospirifer |
Species: | †G. condor
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Binomial name | |
†Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
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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
edit- ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.