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Rafinesquina
Genus of paleozoic brachiopods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Rafinesquia.
Rafinesquina is an extinct genus of large brachiopod that existed from the Darriwilian to the Ludlow epoch.[1]
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Rafinesquina | |
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Rafinesquina ponderosa from the Excello South Outcrop near the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana tristate area | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Strophomenata |
Order: | †Strophomenida |
Family: | †Rafinesquinidae |
Subfamily: | †Rafinesquininae |
Genus: | †Rafinesquina Clarke and Hall, 1892 |
Type species | |
Leptaena alternata Conrad, 1838 | |
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The genus was named in honor of polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz.[2]