| Oxytoma Temporal range:
Late Permian-
Early Paleocene,
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| Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby, 1819) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | † Oxytomidae |
| Genus: | †
Oxytoma Meek, 1864 |
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Oxytoma is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that lived from the Late Permian to the early Paleocene, [1] [2] with a worldwide distribution except Australia. [3] [4] The genus was named in 1864 by Fielding Bradford Meek. [5]
References
- ^ H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
- ^ F. B. Meek. 1864. Section III. Description of the Jurassic Fossils. Palaeontology of California. Vol. I. 37-54
- ^ Oxytoma in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 99)
- ^ F. B. Meek. 1864. Remarks on the family Pteriidae, (= Aviculidae) with descriptions of some new fossil genera. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 37:212-220
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- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric molluscs of Europe
- Prehistoric bivalves of North America
- Mesozoic animals of South America
- Lopingian first appearances
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1864
- Pectinida
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