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.

Species

• †Plaesiomys anticostiensis <small>(Shaler, 1865)</small>
• †Plaesiomys bellistriatus <small>Wang, 1949</small>
• †Plaesiomys carletona <small>Twenhofel, 1928</small>
• †Plaesiomys fidelis <small>Popov et al., 2000</small>
• †Plaesiomys iphigenia <small>(Billings, 1865)</small>
• †Plaesiomys multiplicata <small>Bancroft, 1945</small>
• †Plaesiomys porcata <small>(McCoy, 1846)</small>
• †Plaesiomys proavitus <small>Winchell and Schuchert, 1892</small>
• †Plaesiomys rockymontana <small>Wilson, 1926</small>
• †Plaesiomys saxbiana <small>Oraspold, 1959</small>
• †Plaesiomys subquadrata <small>(Hall, 1847)</small>

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