Plaesiomyidae

Plaesiomyidae
Temporal range: Ordovician–Silurian
Fossils of Plaesiomys subquadrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Plaesiomyidae

Plaesiomyidae is a family of extinct lamp shells belonging to the order Orthida.

Fossil record

Fossils of Plaesiomyidae are found in marine strata from the Ordovician until the Silurian (age range: from 478.6 to 418.7 years ago.).[1]

Genera

  • Austinella Foerste 1909
  • Bokotorthis Popov et al. 2000
  • Campylorthis Ulrich and Copper 1942
  • Chaulistomella
  • Dinorthis Hall and Clarke 1892
  • Evenkina
  • Madiorthis Zuykov and Harper 2008
  • Metorthis
  • Multicostella
  • Plaesiomys Hall and Clarke 1892
  • Retrorsirostra Schuchert and Cooper 1932
  • Valcourea

References

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