Biology:Radiolites
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Short description: Genus of bivalves
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| Fossil of Radiolites angeoides. Salzburg, Haus der natur | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Family: | †Radiolitidae |
| Genus: | †Radiolites Lamarck, 1801 |
Radiolites is a genus of rudists in the family Radiolitidae.
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
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q96400960 entry
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