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Archaeoradiolites ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4591843https://www.gbif.org/species/4591843
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)85424https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=85424
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Archaeoradiolites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Archaeoradiolites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida
suborderRadiolitidinaSkelton 2013
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyRadiolitidaeGray 1848
genusArchaeoradiolitesFenerci-Masse Masse Arias & Vilas 2006
Scientific NameArchaeoradiolites Fenerci-Masse, Masse, Arias & Vilas, 2006
Name Published InPalaeontology (Oxford) 49
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeoradiolitesgenusbelongs to Radiolitidaestated with evidenceFenerci-Masse et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Hippuritida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Hippuritida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Hippuritida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Radiolitidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Fenerci-Masse, J.P. Masse, and C. Arias, L. Vilas. 2006. Archaeoradiolites, a new genus fromthe upper Aptian of the Mediterranean region and the origin of the rudist family Radiolitidae. Palaeontology 49(4):769-794

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaeoradiolites hispanicus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		6122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Archaeoradiolites primitivus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		4122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2006Archaeoradiolites Fenerci-Masse et al. p. 772
2013Archaeoradiolites Skelton

References

Fenerci-Masse M., Masse J.P., et al (2006) Archaeoradiolites, a new genus fromthe upper Aptian of the Mediterranean region and the origin of the rudist family Radiolitidae, Palaeontology 49 4, 769-794
Skelton P. W. (2013) Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology", Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 45, 9-33
Skelton, P. W. (2013). Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the ‘Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.'. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science. 45, 9-33. - via World Register of Marine Species
Palaeontology (Oxford) 49 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work/web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Fenerci-Masse et al., 2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Fenerci-Masse, M.; Masse, J.-P.; Arias, C.; Vilas, L. (2006). Archaeoradiolites, a new genus from the Upper Aptian of the Mediterranean region and the origin of the rudist family Radiolitidae. Palaeontology (Oxford), 49 (4), 769-794 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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