Biology:Plaesiomys
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Short description: Genus of fossil brachiopods
| Plaesiomys Temporal range: Ordovician
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| Genus: | Plaesiomys Hall and Clarke 1892
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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
Wikidata ☰ Q24883856 entry
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