Radiolitidae

{{Short description|Family of bivalves}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|130.0|66.0|Jurassic - Cretaceous}}

| image = Radiolitidae - Radiolites angeoides.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil of Radiolites species

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Radiolitidae

| authority = Gray, 1848Gray, J.E. 1848. On the arrangement of the Brachiopoda. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(12):435-440

| 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:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54440 Fossilworks]

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Gallery

File: Hippuritidae - Hippurites atheniensis.JPG|Hippurites atheniensis

File: RudistCretaceousUAE.jpg|Vaccinites species

File: Radiolites sp.3 - Cretacico superior.JPG|Radiolites species

References

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