Cyrtospirifer verneuili
Extinct species of marine lamp shell
Cyrtospirifer verneuili | |
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Fossil specimen of Cyrtospirifer verneuili from Namur (Belgium), Upper Devonian | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Rhynchonellata |
Order: | †Spiriferida |
Family: | †Cyrtospiriferidae |
Genus: | †Cyrtospirifer |
Species: | †C. verneuili |
Binomial name | |
†Cyrtospirifer verneuili (Murchison, 1840) |
Cyrtospirifer verneuili, also called Spirifer verneuili, is an extinct species of brachiopods. The fossils are present in the Upper Devonian.[1]
In Cornwall they have the vernacular name Delabole butterfly, from the appearance of flattened forms in the slates at Delabole.[2]
References
- Paleobiology Database
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