Permian Period Brachiopods

The following pictures are of brachiopods from the Permian Period. The specimens are on display at the natural history museum in Paris, France.

This first brachiopod is a Neospirifer ravana from Greenland.


This next set of brachiopod fossils are called "Terebratula" sufflata and I believe they were found in Germany.


This brachiopod is called Neospirifer alatus and I believe it was found in Germany.


These brachiopod fossils are called Neochonetes granulifer and were found in America.


These brachiopod fossils are called "Athyris" pectinifera and were found in Russia.

Ptylodictya tennis on Atrypa Brachiopod

This Atrypa sp. brachiopod is from Benton County, Tennessee. It existed in the Lower Devonian Period and was found in the Birdsong Formation. The inarticulate brachiopod was called Ptylodictya tennis (circled in black).

Thanks to Herb for providing the specimen.




This is a view of the other side of the Atrypa sp. brachiopod. It looks like part of the shell surface was coated with a bryozoan.

Leptaena acuticuspidata

This brachiopod is from Benton County, Tennessee. It existed in the Lower Devonian Period and was found in the Birdsong Formation. The brachiopod was called Leptaena acuticuspidata. Thanks to Herb for providing the specimen.