Radiolites

Radiolites is an extinct genus of rudist bivalves in the family Radiolitidae. The genus was established by Lamarck in 1801. Its type species is Ostracites angeiodes, described by Picot de Lapeirouse in 1781.

Radiolites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RadiolitidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Hippuritida
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, gregariousPBDB, for Hippuritida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Hippuritida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Hippuritida

Time the record covers

At least 41 million years on record.

The record covers at least 113.2 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 143.1 Mya to 66 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 358 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 9 of 358 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 349 of 358 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 358 occurrences145–142 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences142–139 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences139–137 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences137–134 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences134–131 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences129–126 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences126–123 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences123–121 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences121–118 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences118–115 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences113–110 Mya — about 2 occurrences110–107 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences107–105 Mya — about 1 occurrence105–102 Mya — about 2 occurrences102–99 Mya — about 6 occurrences99–97 Mya — about 11 occurrences97–94 Mya — about 11 occurrences94–91 Mya — about 31 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 29 occurrences89–86 Mya — about 27 occurrences86–83 Mya — about 106 occurrences83–80 Mya — about 19 occurrences80–78 Mya — about 19 occurrences78–75 Mya — about 19 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 19 occurrences72–70 Mya — about 22 occurrences70–67 Mya — about 22 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 9 occurrences113.2 Mya72.2 Mya145 Mya64 Mya

358 occurrences of Radiolites on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

358 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

46 formations

Sant Corneli — 42.17°N, 0.90°ESant Corneli — 42.20°N, 1.07°ESant Corneli — 42.03°N, 0.83°EUgod — 46.98°N, 17.28°ETemazcal Limestone — 22.33°N, 100.49°WTemazcal Limestone — 22.40°N, 100.51°WTemazcal Limestone — 22.64°N, 100.52°WTrieste Karst Limestone — 45.70°N, 13.73°ETrieste Karst Limestone — 45.78°N, 13.65°EBourg-des-Maisons — 45.45°N, 0.45°EScaglia Rossa Veneta — 45.62°N, 10.95°EEl Abra — 21.32°N, 99.13°WEl Abra — 21.97°N, 98.90°WEl Abra — 22.40°N, 100.52°WHortezuelos — 41.40°N, 3.83°WWata — 29.63°N, 34.40°EWata — 30.38°N, 33.52°EAbu Roash — 30.06°N, 31.08°EGuinea Corn — 18.15°N, 77.37°WMancos Shale — 36.12°N, 109.91°WMancos Shale — 35.96°N, 110.89°WAhlen — 51.83°N, 8.02°ECollades de Basturs — 42.17°N, 0.90°EAngouleme — 45.45°N, 0.45°EGour-de-l'Arche — 45.45°N, 0.45°EGour-de-l'Arche — 44.92°N, 0.93°EVrbovac Beds — 43.80°N, 22.08°EVallcarga — 42.03°N, 0.83°EArén — 42.03°N, 0.83°ECesarea Limestone — 40.05°N, 18.41°EMal Paso — 18.48°N, 100.70°WGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EHalal — 30.37°N, 34.45°EHalal — 30.37°N, 33.52°ECárdenas — 22.60°N, 100.47°W

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The named rock units Radiolites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 22 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 240 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Radiolites and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Radiolites and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

699 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 113 sites for Radiolites, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

85 references

Each of the 358 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 73 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Radiolites

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itRadiolitidae through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lamarck 1801