Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Parent taxon: Oxytomoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ronchetti 1970, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Otapiriidae
Subtaxa: Arctotis Avicularca Jianchuania Maccoyellinae Meleagrinella Oxytoma Oxytominae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4), Argentina (2), Australia (3), Canada (28: Alberta, Saskatachewan), Chile (1), China (4), Denmark (2), Germany (4), Greenland (2), India (1), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (3), Mexico (4), New Zealand (21), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (28), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (22: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (2), Antarctica (3), Argentina (16), Bulgaria (2), Canada (89: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (15), China (3), Denmark (5), France (24), Germany (64), Greenland (99), Hong Kong (1), India (31), Iran (1), Italy (2), Japan (13), Kenya (7), Luxembourg (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (16), North Atlantic (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Poland (37), Portugal (5), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (32), Saudi Arabia (12), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (16), Tanzania (29), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (160), United States (30: Alaska, California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)
• Triassic of Austria (20), Canada (11: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (2), China (7), France (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), Japan (9), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (75), Slovakia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (8), the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Idaho, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (1)
• Permian of Australia (1), China (1), Malaysia (1)
Total: 1053 collections including 1213 occurrences