Gypospirifer

Gypospirifer Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Gypospirifer condor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Spiriferida
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Family:	Trigonotretidae
Genus:	Gypospirifer Cooper and Grant 1976

Gypospirifer is an extinct genus of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of the Carboniferous and Permian ages (314.6 to 254.0 million years ago).

Species[]

• Cooper and Grant 1976
• Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
• Cooper and Grant 1976
• King 1931
• Tazawa and Araki 2013
• Cooper and Grant 1976
• Duan and Li 1985

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