| Radiolites Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Radiolites angeoides. Salzburg, Haus der natur | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | † Hippuritida |
| Family: | † Radiolitidae |
| Genus: | † Radiolites Lamarck, 1801 |
Radiolites is a genus of rudists in the family Radiolitidae.
These rudists lived in the Cretaceous from the upper Albian to the upper Maastrichtian ages (age range: 112.6 to 66.043 million years ago). [1] [2] [3] The fossils were found in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and United States. [1]
Species within this genus include: [1]
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