It is an elliptical region comprising a number of subparallel supracrustal belts. This unit appears to be sets of subparallel lineaments of fractures or grabens. The articulated leaflets lack a midrib, and are broad with subparallel dichotomous venation. Active faulting can cause fault scarps to appear either individually or as multiple subparallel scarps. It can be distinguished from other "Novomessor" species by its shorter head and subparallel eyes. Fractures within the fissure swarms are generally subparallel to each other. The term "sulci" is applied to subparallel furrows and ridges. The similarly named Bennetts River runs subparallel to Bennetts Bayou just to the southeast. The hyphae of the cortex of the stem are subparallel, and clamps are present.