Gypospirifer is an extinct genus of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Spiriferida |
| Family: | †Trigonotretidae |
| Genus: | †Gypospirifer Cooper and Grant, 1976 |
Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of the Carboniferous and Permian periods (314.6 to 254.0 million years ago).
Species
edit- Gypospirifer anancites Cooper and Grant 1976
- Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
- Gypospirifer gryphus Cooper and Grant 1976
- Gypospirifer infraplicus King 1931
- Gypospirifer kobiyamai Tazawa and Araki 2013
- Gypospirifer nelsoni Cooper and Grant 1976
- Gypospirifer volatilis Duan and Li 1985
References
edit- ^ "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.