Praeradiolites Douvillé 1902 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae

Parent taxon: Radiolitidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Steuber 2002

Sister taxa: Agria, Agriopleura, Apulites, Archaeoradiolites, Biradiolites, Biradiolitinae, Bournonia, Bystrickya, Chiapasella, Colveraia, Contraspira, Darendeella, Distefanella, Dubertretia, Durania, Eoradiolites, Favus, Fossulites, Fundinia, Glabrobournonia, Gorjanovicia, Hacobjanella, Horehronia, Jerinella, Joufia, Joufiinae, Katzeria, Kuehnia, Kurtinia, Lapeirousella, Lapeirousia, Lapeirousiinae, Laskarevia, Macgillavryia, Maghrebites, Medeela, Medeella, Milovanovicia, Monopilarites, Neoradiolites, Orestia, Osculigera, Parabournonia, Paronaites, Paronella, Petkovicia, Polsakia, Potosites, Praelapeirousia, Pseudopolyconites, Pseudosabinia, Radiolitella, Radiolites, Radiolitinae, Rajka, Robertella, Rosellia, Sauvagesia, Sauvagesiinae, Sphaerulites, Tampsia, Tekirdagia, Thyrastylon, Vautrinia

Subtaxa: Praeradiolites acutilamellosus Praeradiolites ciryi Praeradiolites fuxeensis Praeradiolites hoeninghausi Praeradiolites subtoucasi

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), Croatia (2), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (18), France (15), Greece (3), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Iran (2), Iraq (1), Italy (7), the Netherlands (1), Oman (6), Romania (4), Serbia and Montenegro (6), Slovenia (1), Somalia (3), Spain (38), Tunisia (2), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (1)

Total: 118 collections including 181 occurrences

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