Gypospirifer condor
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 | |
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Phylum: | Brachiopoda
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Species: | G. condor
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Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
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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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Categories:
- Prehistoric brachiopods
- Spiriferida