''Radiolitidae'' is a family of
rudists
Rudists are a group of extinct box-, tube- or ring-shaped Marine (ocean), marine Heterodonta, heterodont bivalves belonging to the order Hippuritida that arose during the Late Jurassic and became so diverse during the Cretaceous that they were m ...
in the order
Hippuritida.
Fossil record
These rudists lived between the
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...
and the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
(age range: 130.0 to 66.043 million years ago).
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Genera
Genera within this family include:[Fossilworks]
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* † '' 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'' Sladić-Trifunović and Pejović 1977
* † '' Glabrobournonia'' Morris and Skelton 1995
* † '' Gorjanovicia'' Polšak 1967
* † '' Hacobjanella'' Atabekjan 1976
* † '' Horehronia'' Andrusov 1976
* † '' Jerinella'' Pejović 1988
* † '' Joufia'' Boehm 1897
* † '' Katzeria'' Slišković 1966
* † '' Kuehnia''
* † '' Kurtinia'' Karacabey-Oztemuer 1980
* † '' Lapeirousella'' Milovanović 1938
* † '' Lapeirousia'' Bayle 1878
* † '' Laskarevia'' Milovanović 1984
* † '' Macgillavryia'' Rojas et al. 1995
* † '' Maghrebites'' Pons 2012
* † '' Medeela''
* † '' Medeella'' Parona 1924
* † '' Milovanovicia'' Polšak 1967
* † '' Monopilarites'' Philip and Platel 1998
* † '' Neoradiolites'' Milovanović 1935
* † '' Orestia'' Lupu 1972
* † '' Osculigera'' Kühn 1933
* † '' Parabournonia'' Douvillé 1927
* † '' Paronaites'' Pons 2011
* † '' Paronella'' Wiontzek 1934
* † '' Petkovicia'' Kühn and Pejović 1959
* † '' Polsakia'' Slišković 1982
* † '' Potosites'' Pons et al. 2010
* † '' Praelapeirousia'' Wiontzek 1934
* † '' Praeradiolites'' Douvillé 1902
* † '' Pseudopolyconites'' Milovanović 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'' Milovanović 1938
Gallery
File: Hippuritidae - Hippurites atheniensis.JPG, ''Hippurites atheniensis''
File: RudistCretaceousUAE.jpg, ''Vaccinites'' species
File: Radiolites sp.3 - Cretacico superior.JPG, ''Radiolites'' species
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from= Q21213698
Molluscs described in 1848
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Prehistoric bivalve families