Gypospirifer condor
| Gypospirifer condor Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian | |
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| 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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