Extinct genus of bivalves
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
