Cyrtospirifer verneuili

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

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References

  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.