†Gypospirifer gryphus Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Gypospirifer according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Gypospirifer anancites, Gypospirifer condor, Gypospirifer infraplicus, Gypospirifer kobiyamai, Gypospirifer nelsoni, Gypospirifer volatilis
Type specimen: USNM 154615a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gypospirifer gryphus in the database
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