Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: Y. Bando. 1964. The Triassic stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:1-137
Belongs to Balatonites according to Y. Bando 1964
Sister taxa: Balatonites balatonicus, Balatonites bragsensis, Balatonites carinthiacus, Balatonites constrictus, Balatonites contractus, Balatonites egregius, Balatonites gemmatus, Balatonites golsensis, Balatonites gottschei, Balatonites gracilis, Balatonites hexatuberculatus, Balatonites hystrix, Balatonites kingi, Balatonites lateumbilicatus, Balatonites macer, Balatonites ottonis, Balatonites prezzanus, Balatonites punjabiensis, Balatonites semilaevis, Balatonites shoshonensis, Balatonites stradanus, Balatonites transfuga, Balatonites whitneyi, Balatonites zitteli
Type specimen: IGPS 62558. Its type locality is Iwaida, Watanoha-cho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Pelsonian marine shale in the Rifu Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.0
Distribution: found only at Iwaida, Watanoha-cho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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