Oxytoma
| Oxytoma Temporal range: Late Permian - early Paleocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinoida |
| Suborder: | Pectinina |
| Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
| Family: | Oxytomidae |
| Genus: | Oxytoma Meek, 1864 |
Oxytoma is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusk that lived from the Late Permian to the early Paleocene with a worldwide distribution except Australia.
Sources
- Oxytoma in the Paleobiology Database
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 99)
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