Plaesiomys

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Plaesiomys

Genus of fossil brachiopods

Plaesiomys is a genus of extinct lamp shells belonging to the family Plaesiomyidae.

Quick Facts Plaesiomys Temporal range: Ordovician, Scientific classification ...

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)

References

  1. [1]
    Paleobiology Database
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