Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Parent taxon: Crassostreini according to R. L. Squires 2018
See also Cooper 2002, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Moore 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acutostrea gaviota Acutostrea griesensis Acutostrea idriaensis Acutostrea incurva Acutostrea miguelensis Acutostrea orientalis Acutostrea simiensis Ostrea plumosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: California, Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (47: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (3: California)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2), Belgium (1), Egypt (6), France (1), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (3), Libya (1), the Netherlands (2), Niger (5), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (6), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (89: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 179 collections including 181 occurrences
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