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Plaesiomys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Rhynchonellata

Family
  
Plaesiomyidae

Phylum
  
Brachiopoda

Order
  
Orthida

Plaesiomys

Genus
  
Plaesiomys Hall and Clarke 1892

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

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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.

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

    Plaesiomys Wikipedia
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