Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Alternative spelling: Palmoxytoma
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1961. New genera and subgenera of Mesozoic Bivalvia. Palaeontology 4(4):592-598
Parent taxon: Oxytoma according to G. Arp and S. Seppelt 2012
See also Cox 1961, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma) cygnipes Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma) longicostata Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma) magnifica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (3 collections), Canada (17: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (2), Germany (7), Greenland (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (8)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence