Radiolites

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|112.6|66.0|Cretaceous}} | image = Radiolitidae - Radiolites angeoides.jpg | image_caption = Fossil of ''Radiolites angeoides''. Salzburg, Haus der natur | taxon = Radiolites | authority = Lamarck, 1801 | synonyms = }}

'''''Radiolites''''' is a genus of rudists in the family Radiolitidae.

==Fossil record== 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).<ref name=fossil/><ref>[https://www.mindat.org/taxon-7729725.html Mindat.org]</ref><ref>[http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=261&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database]</ref> 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.<ref name=fossil/>

==Species== Species within this genus include:<ref name = fossil>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18659 Paleobiology Database]</ref> * † ''Radiolites acutocostata'' Adkins 1930 * † ''Radiolites angeoides'' (Delapeirouse) * † ''Radiolites carsicus'' Caffau et al. 1995 * † ''Radiolites dario'' Catullo 1834 * † ''Radiolites macroplicatus'' Whitfield 1987 * † ''Radiolites praegalloprovincialis'' Toucas 1908 * † ''Radiolites spongicola'' Astre 1954

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Wikispecies-inline}} *{{Commons-inline}}

Category:Hippuritida Category:Molluscs described in 1801 Category:Fossils of Serbia Category:Prehistoric bivalve genera