Gypospirifer

{{Short description|Genus of fossil brachiopods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Carboniferous|Permian}}

| image = Spiriferidae - Gypospirifer condor.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil of Gypospirifer condor

| taxon = Gypospirifer

| authority = Cooper and Grant, 1976

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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).

Species

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