Oxytoma Meek and Hayden 1865 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae

Alternative spelling: Pteria (Oxytoma)

Parent taxon: Oxytomidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Arctotis, Avicularca, Jianchuania, Maccoyellinae, Meleagrinella, Oxytominae

Subtaxa: none

Type: Avicula muensteri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (28: Alberta, Saskatachewan), China (1), Denmark (2), Germany (4), Greenland (2), India (1), Kazakhstan (4), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (23), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (21: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (3), Argentina (13), Bulgaria (2), Canada (75: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (14), China (2), Denmark (5), France (15), Germany (54), Greenland (95), Hong Kong (1), India (16), Iran (1), Italy (2), Japan (7), Luxembourg (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (12), Poland (13), Portugal (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (20), Saudi Arabia (11), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (15), Tanzania (6), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (82), United States (10: Alaska, Montana, Nevada)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)

• Triassic of Austria (16), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (2), China (1), France (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (9), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (54), Slovakia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), United States (6: Nevada), Vietnam (1)

• Permian of Australia (1), China (1), Malaysia (1)

Total: 717 collections including 804 occurrences

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