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Radiolites macroplicatus

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Radiolites annulosus Whitfield
1955Sauvagesia macroplicata Chubb
1956Sauvagesia fluminisagni Chubb
1956Sauvagesia mcgrathi Chubb
1987Radiolites macroplicatus Whitfield

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRadiolitidina
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyRadiolitidaeGray 1848
genusRadiolitesLamarck 1801
speciesmacroplicatusWhitfield 1987

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Radiolites macroplicatus Whitfield 1987
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Invalid names: Radiolites annulosus Whitfield 1897 [synonym], Sauvagesia fluminisagni Chubb 1956 [synonym], Sauvagesia mcgrathi Chubb 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-27 10:22:47
Modified: 2007-11-27 12:22:47
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Peru Radiolites macroplicatus (62033)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico Radiolites macroplicatus (160668 160771 160772 160773 160774 160775)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico Sauvagesia macroplicata (64217)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Radiolites macroplicatus (169303)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) Sauvagesia macroplicata (161340 161341)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Cuba Radiolites macroplicatus (73287)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) Sauvagesia macroplicata (1373)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0North Atlantic Sauvagesia macroplicata (1374)