Radiolitidae

Radiolitidae is a family of rudists in the order Hippuritida.

Hippuritidae Temporal range: Jurassic - Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Radiolites species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	† Hippuritida
Family:	† Radiolitidae Gray, 1848[1]
Synonyms
Chiapasellidae Alencaster 1971 Duraniidae Yanin 1989 Osculigeridae Yanin 1989

Fossil record

These rudists lived between the Jurassic and the Cretaceous (age range: 130.0 to 66.043 million years ago).[2]

Genera

Genera within this family include:[2]

• † Agriopleura Kühn 1832
• † Apulites Tavani 1958
• † Archaeoradiolites Fenerci-Masse et al. 2006
• † Biradiolites d'Orbigny 1850
• † Bournonia Fischer 1887
• † Bystrickya Lupu 1976
• † Chiapasella Müllerried 1931
• † Colveraia Klinghardt 1921
• † Contraspira Mitchell 2009
• † Darendeella Karacabey-Oztemür 1976
• † Distefanella Parona 1901
• † Dubertretia Cox 1965
• † Durania Douvillé 1908
• † Eoradiolites Douvillé 1909
• † Favus Laviano and Skelton 1992
• † Fossulites Astre 1957
• † Fundinia Sladic-Trifunovic and Pejovic 1977
• † Glabrobournonia Morris and Skelton 1995
• † Gorjanovicia Polsak 1967
• † Hacobjanella Atabekjan 1976
• † Horehronia Andrusov 1976
• † Jerinella Pejovic 1988
• † Joufia Boehm 1897
• † Katzeria Sliskovic 1966
• † Kuehnia
• † Kurtinia Karacabey-Oztemuer 1980
• † Lapeirousella Milovanovic 1938
• † Lapeirousia Bayle 1878
• † Laskarevia Milovanovic 1984
• † Macgillavryia Rojas et al. 1995
• † Maghrebites Pons 2012
• † Medeela
• † Medeella Parona 1924
• † Milovanovicia Polsak 1967
• † Monopilarites Philip and Platel 1998
• † Neoradiolites Milovanovic 1935
• † Orestia Lupu 1972
• † Osculigera Kühn 1933
• † Parabournonia Douvillé 1927
• † Paronaites Pons 2011
• † Paronella Wiontzek 1934
• † Petkovicia Kühn and Pejovic 1959
• † Polsakia Sliskovic 1982
• † Potosites Pons et al. 2010
• † Praelapeirousia Wiontzek 1934
• † Praeradiolites Douvillé 1902
• † Pseudopolyconites Milovanovic 1935
• † Pseudosabinia Morris and Skelton 1995
• † Radiolitella Douvillé 1904
• † Radiolites Lamarck 1801
• † Rajka
• † Robertella Cossmann 1903
• † Rosellia Pons 1977
• † Sauvagesia Bayle 1886
• † Sphaerulites Lamarck 1819
• † Tampsia Stephenson 1922
• † Tekirdagia Ozdikmen 2010
• † Thyrastylon Chubb 1956
• † Vautrinia Milovanovic 1938

Gallery

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  Hippurites atheniensis
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  Vaccinites species
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  Radiolites species

References

1. Gray, J.E. 1848. On the arrangement of the Brachiopoda. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(12):435-440
2. Paleobiology Database