Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Alternative combinations: Leptaena incrassata, Rafinesquina incrassata
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Belongs to Dactylogonia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
See also Raymond 1911 and Schuchert 1897
Sister taxa: Dactylogonia alternata, Dactylogonia blyskavensis, Dactylogonia costellata, Dactylogonia extensa, Dactylogonia geniculata, Dactylogonia homostriata, Dactylogonia multicorrugata, Dactylogonia obsoleta, Dactylogonia palustris, Dactylogonia semiglobosina, Dactylogonia vespertina, Cyphomena (Cyphomenoidea), Cyphomena grandis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (25: New York, Vermont)
• Ordovician of United States (3: Tennessee)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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