Oxytoma Explained

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]

Notes and 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. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=16876 Oxytoma
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