Ostrea compressirostra

Ostrea compressirostra
Temporal range: Zanclean to Gelasian ~4.5 Ma to 1.8 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Ostrea
Species:
O. compressirostra
Binomial name
Ostrea compressirostra
(Say, 1824)
Subspecies

O. c. geraldjohnsoni
O. c. brucei

Ostrea compressirostra is a species of prehistoric saltwater oyster, a fossil that is found in the Yorktown Formation, Chowan River Formation, Waccamaw Formation, and their equivalents in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (U.S. State).[2] Its maximum size is roughly 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length.

References

  1. ^ Bulletins of American paleontology. Vol. 48. 1965.
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database: Ostrea compressirostra
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