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Plaesiomyidae

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Plaesiomyidae
Temporal range: 478–418 Ma 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

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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]

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