Plaesiomyidae
Temporal range: Late Tremadocian-Early Lochkovian
Fossils of Plaesiomys subquadrata
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Plaesiomyidae

Schuchert, 1913

Plaesiomyidae is a family of extinct lamp shells belonging to the order Orthida.

Fossil record

Fossils of Plaesiomyidae are found in marine strata from the Ordovician until the Silurian (age range: from 478.6 to 418.7 years ago.).[1]

Genera

  • Austinella Foerste, 1909
  • Bokotorthis Popov et al., 2000
  • Campylorthis Ulrich and Copper, 1942
  • Chaulistomella
  • Dinorthis Hall and Clarke, 1892
  • Evenkina
  • Madiorthis Zuykov and Harper, 2008
  • Metorthis
  • Multicostella
  • Plaesiomys Hall and Clarke, 1892
  • Retrorsirostra Schuchert and Cooper, 1932
  • Valcourea

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