Balkanites Ganev 1966 (ceratite)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Railway cutting south of Tranak (Triassic of Bulgaria)

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