Rafinesquina ponderosa
Articulate
Order Pseudopunctate
Superfamily Strophomenacea
Late Ordovician -Cincinnatian
Found throughout the Cincinnatian.One of the larger brachiopods in the Cincinnati. Rectangular in shape with the pedicle valve concave toward the margin and the brachial valve convex. Note the shell pattern of alternating more prominent rays with several less prominent rays in between.
See Rafinesquina found on field trips.
Return to Brachiopod menu page
Back to the Dry Dredgers Home Page
Photos courtesy of John Tate, Jack Kallmeyer
and Bill Heimbrock
Descriptions courtesy of John Tate
Web page development by Bill Heimbrock
The Dry Dredgers and individual contributors
reserve the rights to all information, images, and content presented here.
Permission to reproduce in any fashion, must be requested in writing to admin@drydredgers.org .
www.drydredgers.org is designed and maintained by
Bill Heimbrock.