Rhynchotrema ainslei Decorah shale, Twin Cities Minnesota. This species appear to be much less common than Rhynchotrema wisconsinense. How to tell the two species apart? Rhynchotrema have much more costae than R. wisconsinense. Size and shape are variable, but compare to R. wisconsinense R. ainslei is more fragile and more easily deformed by the fossilization procession.
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Brachiopods of Platteville/Decorah Twin Cities Minnesota
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