Radiolitidae is a family of rudists in the order Hippuritida.

Radiolitidae
Temporal range: Jurassic - Cretaceous
Fossil of Radiolites species
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Suborder: Hippuritidina
Superfamily: Radiolitoidea
Family: Radiolitidae
Gray, 1848[1]
Synonyms
  • Chiapasellidae Alencaster 1971
  • Duraniidae Yanin 1989
  • Osculigeridae Yanin 1989

Fossil record

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These rudists lived between the Jurassic and the Cretaceous (age range: 130.0 to 66.043 million years ago).[2]

Genera

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Genera within this family include:[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Gray, J.E. 1848. On the arrangement of the Brachiopoda. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(12):435-440
  2. ^ a b Fossilworks
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