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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Suborder: Spiriferidina
Superfamily: Spiriferoidea
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]

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