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Radiolites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Hippuritoida (rudists and relatives)
Superfamily:
Hippuritacea (rudists)
Family:
Radiolitidae
Subfamily:
Radiolitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Radiolites LAMARCK, 1801, p. 130
Type Species:
Ostracites angeiodes Picot de LAPEIROUSE, 1781, p. 40, M
Images
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Fig. E267,2. *R. angE1odes (DE LAPE1ROUSE), U . Santon., France (Pyrenees), 2a, AV lat. post., XO.9; 2b,c, AV from above and below, X2.2 (23). [Also Fig. E220,4.]
Synonyms
Euradiolites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Afr.-NE.Asia-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Cenoman.)
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
AV conical, ornamented with strong longitudinal folds over whole valve, siphonal bands smooth accentuations of regular folds, outer wall structure coarsely reticulate. FV small, conical, strongly convex or rarely flat, myophore apophyses present.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Hippuritoida (rudists and relatives)
Superfamily:
Hippuritacea (rudists)
Family:
Radiolitidae
Subfamily:
Radiolitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Radiolites LAMARCK, 1801, p. 130
Type Species:
Ostracites angeiodes Picot de LAPEIROUSE, 1781, p. 40, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E267,2. *R. angE1odes (DE LAPE1ROUSE), U . Santon., France (Pyrenees), 2a, AV lat. post., XO.9; 2b,c, AV from above and below, X2.2 (23). [Also Fig. E220,4.]
Synonyms
Euradiolites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Afr.-NE.Asia-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Cenoman.)
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
AV conical, ornamented with strong longitudinal folds over whole valve, siphonal bands smooth accentuations of regular folds, outer wall structure coarsely reticulate. FV small, conical, strongly convex or rarely flat, myophore apophyses present.