{"id":470,"date":"2013-10-16T02:06:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T02:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2014-01-07T09:48:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T14:48:55","slug":"rafinesquinidae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/strophomenata\/strophomenida\/rafinesquinidae\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafinesquinidae"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nClassification<\/strong> Geologic Range<\/strong> Common Paleoecology<\/strong> Characteristics of the Family<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n Rafinesquina<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPhylum:\u00a0Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass:\u00a0Strophomenata<\/a>
\nOrder:\u00a0Strophomenida<\/a>
\nFamily: Rafinesquinidae (Schuchert, 1983)
\nCincinnatian Genera:\u00a0Leptaena<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Rafinesquina<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nOrdovician (Llanvirn) \u2013 Carboniferous (Namurian)<\/p>\n
\nRafinesquinidae is an extinct family of facultatively mobile, epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n\n
\nTreatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Vol. 2 (2000)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n
Outline usually transverse; cardinal process lobes usually elongate or platelike in shape, entirely discrete throughout ontogeny; notothyrial platform variably developed; socket ridges straight, often thinner, smaller than in the Strophomenidae<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n