Cyrtospirifer verneuili
| Cyrtospirifer verneuili | |
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| 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 Brachiopod. 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.