Rafinesquina
| Rafinesquina Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Rafinesquina ponderosa from the Excello South Outcrop near the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana tristate area | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
| Species | |
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See Species | |
Rafinesquina is an extinct genus of large brachiopod that existed from the Darriwilian to the Ludlow epoch.
The genus was named in honor of polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz.