Radiolites

Radiolites is a genus of rudists in the family Radiolitidae.

Radiolites
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Fossil of Radiolites angeoides. Salzburg, Haus der natur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
† Hippuritida
Family:
† Radiolitidae
Genus:
† Radiolites

Lamarck, 1801

Fossil record

These rudists lived in the Cretaceous from the upper Albian to the upper Maastrichtian ages (age range: 112.6 to 66.043 million years ago).[1][2][3] The fossils were found in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and United States.[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

  • † Radiolites acutocostata Adkins 1930
  • † Radiolites angeoides (Delapeirouse)
  • † Radiolites carsicus Caffau et al. 1995
  • † Radiolites dario Catullo 1834
  • † Radiolites macroplicatus Whitfield 1987
  • † Radiolites praegalloprovincialis Toucas 1908
  • † Radiolites spongicola Astre 1954
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References
  1. Paleobiology Database
  2. Mindat.org
  3. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
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