''Gypospirifer'' is an extinct genus of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae. They were stationary Fauna#Epifauna, 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

* ''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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q20687141 Prehistoric brachiopod genera Pennsylvanian first appearances Lopingian genus extinctions Spiriferida Paleozoic life of Nunavut