Oxytoma

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]

Oxytoma
Temporal range: Late Permian-Early Paleocene, 259–62 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pectinida
Family:
†Oxytomidae
Genus:
†Oxytoma

Meek, 1864
Synonyms
  • Pteria

References
  1. H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
  2. F. B. Meek. 1864. Section III. Description of the Jurassic Fossils. Palaeontology of California. Vol. I. 37-54
  3. Oxytoma in the Paleobiology Database
  4. Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 99)
  5. 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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