Plaesiomys
Plaesiomys Temporal range: Ordovician
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Phylum: | Brachiopoda
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Order: | Orthida
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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)
References[]
Categories:
- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Rhynchonellata
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Verulam Formation
- Paleozoic life of British Columbia
- Paleozoic life of Manitoba
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Paleozoic life of Quebec