Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: C. Monnet and H. Bucher. 2005. New Middle and Late Anisian (Middle Triassic) Ammonoid Faunas From Northwestern Nevada(USA): Taxonomy and Biochronology. Fossils and Strata 52:1-121
Belongs to Balatonites according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2005
Sister taxa: Balatonites balatonicus, Balatonites bragsensis, Balatonites carinthiacus, Balatonites constrictus, Balatonites contractus, Balatonites egregius, Balatonites gemmatus, Balatonites golsensis, Balatonites gottschei, Balatonites gracilis, Balatonites hystrix, Balatonites kingi, Balatonites lateumbilicatus, Balatonites macer, Balatonites ottonis, Balatonites oyamai, Balatonites prezzanus, Balatonites punjabiensis, Balatonites semilaevis, Balatonites shoshonensis, Balatonites stradanus, Balatonites transfuga, Balatonites whitneyi, Balatonites zitteli
Type specimen: PIMUZ 25134. Its type locality is Ferguson Canyon HB 739, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.6
Distribution: found only at Ferguson Canyon HB 739, Augusta Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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