Cyrtospirifer verneuili
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| Fossil specimen of Cyrtospirifer verneuili from Namur (Belgium), Upper Devonian | |
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| Species: | C. verneuili
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| Cyrtospirifer verneuili Murchison, 1840
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Cyrtospirifer verneuili, also called Spirifer verneuili, is an extinct species of brachiopods. The fossils are present in the Upper Devonian.[1]
In Cornwall they have the vernacular name Delabole butterfly, from the appearance of flattened forms in the slates at Delabole.[2]
References[]
- ^ uBio, ed. (2013). "Cyrtospirifer verneuili".
- ^ Barton, R. M. (1964). "III - The Killas of North and East Cornwall". An Introduction to the Geology of Cornwall. Truro: D. Bradford Barton Ltd. pp. 90–91.
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