Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1896. Die Cephalopodenfauna der Reiflinger Kalke. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 10:1-111
Belongs to Balatonites according to J. K. Zhao and Y. G. Wang 1974
See also Arthaber 1896
Sister taxa: Balatonites balatonicus, Balatonites bragsensis, Balatonites carinthiacus, Balatonites constrictus, Balatonites contractus, Balatonites egregius, Balatonites gemmatus, Balatonites golsensis, Balatonites gottschei, Balatonites hexatuberculatus, 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: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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