Biology:Oxytoma
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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves
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| Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby, 1819) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
Wikidata ☰ Q3204656 entry
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