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Radiolites

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Radiolites Lamarck
1928Radiolites Palmer p. 79
2002Radiolites Sepkoski
2002Radiolites Steuber
2010Radiolites Bouchet et al.
2013Radiolites Skelton
2021Radiolites Mendir et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRadiolitidina
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyRadiolitidaeGray 1848
genusRadiolitesLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Radiolites Lamarck 1801
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Radiolites acutocostata Adkins 1930
Radiolites carsicus Caffau et al. 1995
Radiolites dario Catullo 1834
Radiolites inflata Palmer 1928
Radiolites macroplicatus Whitfield 1987
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Invalid names: Radiolites annulosus Whitfield 1897 [synonym], Sauvagesia fluminisagni Chubb 1956 [synonym], Sauvagesia mcgrathi Chubb 1956 [synonym]
Radiolites perforata Palmer 1928
Radiolites robusta Palmer 1928
Radiolites sauvagesi d'Hombres-Firmas 1838
Radiolites spongicola Astre 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-27 10:22:47
Modified: 2007-11-27 12:22:47
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 125.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (207 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland R. neocomiensis (2181 2211)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Portugal R. cantabricus (67543)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Arizona) R. sp. (64983)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Mexico R. sp. (64216 74181)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain R. sp. (56771)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico R. costata (64213)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) R. costata (89855 89857)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Portugal R. cantabricus (145896)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) R. fleuriaui (64881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Portugal (Leiría) R. sp. (224530)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Turkey R. sp. (1397 1398)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Serbia and Montenegro R. angeiodes, R. squamosus (74562) R. angeiodes, R. submusculus (74558) R. sellesi, R. subangeoides, R. alfredi, R. angeoides, R. aurigerensis, R. nouleti (1319)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Cuba R. galofrei, Sauvagesia macroplicata (1374) R. macroplicatus (73287)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) Sauvagesia macroplicata (1373)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) R. subdilatata, R. muschketoffi (1384)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia R. angeoides, R. subangeoides (1365)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Turkmenistan R. rakhmaturensis, R. spongicola (1350)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) R. moroi, R. sellesi (74609)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) R. macroplicata (162964)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica R. cancellatus, R. macroplicatus (169303)