Plaesiomys
{{short description|Genus of fossil brachiopods}}
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{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = Ordovician
| name = Plaesiomys
| image = Plaesiomyiidae - Plesiomys subquadrata.JPG
| image_caption = Fossils of Plaesiomys subquadrata
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Brachiopoda
| classis = Rhynchonellata
| ordo = Orthida
| familia = Plaesiomyidae
| genus = Plaesiomys
| genus_authority = Hall and Clarke 1892
| synonyms =
}}
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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26932 Paleobiology Database]
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
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Category:Prehistoric brachiopod genera
Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario
Category:Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Category:Paleozoic life of Manitoba
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut