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Asa Kaplan
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David, nice fossil. If this is definitely from the Madison Limestone then it is Mississippian in age — far too young to host Rafinesquina or Strophomena. I do concur that it is a strophomenide brachiopod, most likely an orthotetidine.  This article is a good jumping-off point:

https://imnh.iri.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geo/gsa/papers/gsac1p4.pdf