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Gypospirifer

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Gypospirifer
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian
Fossil of Gypospirifer condor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
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 periods (314.6 to 254.0 million years ago).

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References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.