Plaesiomys
| Plaesiomys Temporal range: Ordovician | |
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| Fossils of Plaesiomys subquadrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Orthida |
| Family: | Plaesiomyidae |
| Genus: | Plaesiomys |
Plaesiomys is a genus of extinct lamp shells belonging to the family Plaesiomyidae.
Fossil record
Fossils of Plaesiomys are found in marine strata of the Ordovician (age range: from 466.0 to 443.7 years ago.) of Canada, China, Europe and United States.[1]
Species
- †Plaesiomys anticostiensis Shaler 1865
- †Plaesiomys bellistriatus Wang 1949
- †Plaesiomys carletona Twenhofel 1928
- †Plaesiomys fidelis Popov et al. 2000
- †Plaesiomys iphigenia Billings 1865
- †Plaesiomys multiplicata Bancroft 1945
- †Plaesiomys porcata McCoy 1846
- †Plaesiomys proavitus Winchell and Schuchert 1892
- †Plaesiomys rockymontana Wilson 1926
- †Plaesiomys saxbiana Oraspold 1959
- †Plaesiomys subquadrata Hall 1847
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