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Radiolitidae D'ORBIGNY
1847
genera assigned to the family
(link to taxonomic database)
Durania cornupastoris (Des Moulins, 1826); Turonian, Western Desert, Egypt |
Eoradiolites liratus (Conrad, 1852), note prominent
ornamentation of radial bands to the right; Upper Albian, Sinai, Egypt |
Eoradiolites plicatus (Conrad, 1852), one of the
earliest Radiolitidae; Lower Albian, Sinai, Egypt |
Eoradiolites plicatus (Conrad, 1852), note cells in
outer shell layer; Albian, Sinai, Egypt |
Macgillavryia nicholasi (Whitfield, 1897); Campanian,
Saiwan, Oman |
Eoradiolites liratus (Conrad, 1852), transverse
section across right (lower) valve showing typical structure of outer shell
of Radiolitidae; Albian, Sinai, Egypt |
Outer shell layer of Radiolitidae
in various sections (from Steuber 1999) |
Myocardinal arrangement of the
Radiolitidae (from Steuber 1999) |
Abundance and stratigraphical
distribution of Radiolitidae in the central-eastern Mediterranean and Middle
East |
Favus antei Laviano & Skelton, 1992; note
cellular shell wall in both valves; Campanian, Apulia, Italy (from Cestari
& Sartorio 1995) |
Eoradiolites liratus (Conrad, 1852), left (upper)
valve and right (lower) valve; note cardinal teeth and myophores in left
valve (from Cestari & Sartorio 1995) |
General morphology of a shell of Radiolites
(from Skelton 1979a) |
Radiolitidae
|
Family
uncertain |