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

Plaesiomys
Temporal range: Ordovician
Fossils of Plaesiomys subquadrata
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Plaesiomys

Hall and Clarke 1892

Fossil record edit

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 edit

  • 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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