Gypospirifer condor
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| 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 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Spiriferida |
| Family: | †Trigonotretidae |
| Genus: | †Gypospirifer |
| Species: | †G. condor |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842 | |
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]