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Description

Radiolites is a genus of rudists in the family Radiolitidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7729725	https://www.gbif.org/species/7729725
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18659	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18659

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Radiolites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Radiolites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Hippuritida
suborder	Radiolitidina	Skelton 2013
superfamily	Radiolitoidea	Gray 1848
family	Radiolitidae	Gray 1848
genus	Radiolites	Lamarck 1801

Scientific Name

Radiolites Lamarck, 1801

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1801. Systéme des animaux sans vertèbres. Deterville, Paris.: i-viii; 1-432; pls. 1-6.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Radiolites	genus	belongs to Hippuritoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Radiolites	genus	belongs to Radiolitidae	stated without evidence	Steuber, 2002
Radiolites	genus	belongs to Radiolitidae	stated with evidence	Skelton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Hippuritida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Hippuritida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hippuritida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Radiolitidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Radiolites abraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites acuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites acuticostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites acutocostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites alata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites albonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites aurigerensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites carsicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites costada species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites dario ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites excavata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites fleuriausa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites fleuriausi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites humilior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites lombricalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites macroplicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites martiniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites pailletteana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites polyconilites species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites praegalloprovincialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites praesauvagesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites radiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites royana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites sanctaebarbarae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites sinuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites socialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites spongicola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Radiolites squamosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites subangeiodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites subradiosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites toucasiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radiolites turbinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sauvagesia acutocostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1801	Radiolites Lamarck
2002	Radiolites Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Radiolites Steuber
2010	Radiolites Bouchet et al.
2013	Radiolites Skelton

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Steuber T. (2002) Web Catalogue of the Hippuritoidea (rudist bivalves), http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sediment/rudinet/index.htm

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Skelton P. W. (2013) Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology", Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 45, 9-33

Skelton, P. W. (2013). Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the ‘Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.'. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science. 45, 9-33. - via World Register of Marine Species

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Anim. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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