Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254
Belongs to Balatonites according to J. P. Smith 1914
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 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 Shoshone Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shoshone Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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