Cyrtospirifer verneuili

Cyrtospirifer verneuili
	Fossil specimen of Cyrtospirifer verneuili from Namur (Belgium), Upper Devonian
Scientific classification
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

uBio, ed. (2013). "Cyrtospirifer verneuili".
Barton, R. M. (1964). "III - The Killas of North and East Cornwall". An Introduction to the Geology of Cornwall. Truro: D. Bradford Barton Ltd. pp. 90–91.

Paleobiology Database

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] uBio, ed. (2013). "Cyrtospirifer verneuili".

[2] Barton, R. M. (1964). "III - The Killas of North and East Cornwall". An Introduction to the Geology of Cornwall. Truro: D. Bradford Barton Ltd. pp. 90–91.