Plaesiomyidae is a family of extinct lamp shells belonging to the order Orthida.
| Plaesiomyidae Temporal range: Late Tremadocian-Early Lochkovian
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| Family: | Plaesiomyidae Schuchert, 1913
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Fossil record edit
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 edit
- †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