†Balkanites Ganev 1966 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dinaritidae
Full reference: M. Ganev. 1966. Untertriassiche Ammoniten aus dem Ostbalkan (Bulgarien). Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Geological Institute, Works on the Geology of Bulgaria, Series Paleontology 8:21-28
Parent taxon: Dinaritidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2009
See also Ganev 1966, Kummel 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Bittnerites, Carniolites, Cowboyiceras, Dagnoceras, Dagnoceratinae, Dinarites, Dinaritinae, Pseudodinarites, Stacheites, Sutinaites
Subtaxa: Balkanites tabulatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Railway cutting south of Tranak (Triassic of Bulgaria)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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