Oxytoma

Oxytoma Temporal range: Late Permian-Early Paleocene, 259–62 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby, 1819)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	†Oxytomidae
Genus:	†Oxytoma Meek, 1864
Synonyms
Pteria

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

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