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Radiolitidae

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Family of bivalves

Radiolitidae
Temporal range: Jurassic - Cretaceous PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Radiolites species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Suborder: Hippuritidina
Superfamily: Radiolitoidea
Family: Radiolitidae
Gray, 1848
Synonyms
  • Chiapasellidae Alencaster 1971
  • Duraniidae Yanin 1989
  • Osculigeridae Yanin 1989

Radiolitidae is a family of rudists in the order Hippuritida.

Fossil record

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

Genera

Genera within this family include:

Gallery

  • Hippurites atheniensis Hippurites atheniensis
  • Vaccinites species Vaccinites species
  • Radiolites species 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. ^ Fossilworks

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Taxon identifiers
Radiolitidae
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