Oxytoma
| Oxytoma Temporal range: Late Permian - early Paleocene
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| Genus: | Oxytoma Meek, 1864
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Oxytoma is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that lived from the Late Permian to the early Paleocene with a worldwide distribution except Australia.[1] Oxytoma gained significant traction among the public after it starred as the primary antagonist in the 1993 film Jurassic Park.
References
- ^ Oxytoma in the Paleobiology Database
Further reading
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 99)
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Categories:
- Prehistoric bivalve genera
- Permian bivalves
- Triassic bivalves
- Jurassic bivalves
- Cretaceous bivalves
- Paleogene bivalves
- Prehistoric animals of Africa
- Extinct animals of Antarctica
- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric bivalves of North America
- Mesozoic animals of South America
- Lopingian first appearances
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1864
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