Ostrea compressirostra

Ostrea compressirostra is a species of prehistoric saltwater oyster, a fossil that is found in the Yorktown Formation, Chowan River Formation, Waccamaw Formation, and their equivalents in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (U.S. State).[2] Its maximum size is roughly 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length.

Ostrea compressirostra
Temporal range: Zanclean to Gelasian ~4.5 Ma to 1.8 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Ostreida
Family:Ostreidae
Genus:Ostrea
Species:
O. compressirostra
Binomial name
Ostrea compressirostra
(Say, 1824)
Subspecies

O. c. geraldjohnsoni
O. c. brucei

References edit

  1. ^ Bulletins of American paleontology. Vol. 48. 1965.
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database: Ostrea compressirostra