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Aetostreon

Aetostreon is an extinct genus or subgenus within the genus Exogyra of fossil marine oysters in the family Gryphaeidae.

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Aetostreon
Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous,
Aetostreon latissimum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Subfamily: †Exogyrinae
Genus: †Aetostreon
Bayle, 1878

Aetostreon is an extinct genus2 or subgenus within the genus Exogyra1 of fossil marine oysters in the family Gryphaeidae.12

Select species

  • †Aetostreon latissimum (Lamarck, 1801)
  • †Aetostreon pilmatuegrossum Rubilar & Lazo, 20092
  •  †Aetostreon subsinuatum (Leymerie 1842)
References

References

  1. "†Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Rubilar, A.E; Lazo, E.B. (2009). "Description of Aetostreon pilmatuegrossum sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina (Neuquén Basin), and significance of the conservative left valve morphology in oysters of the genus Aetostreon Bayle". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 727–748. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.12.013. hdl:11336/92705.