Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Balatonites according to W. Waagen 1895
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 oyamai, Balatonites prezzanus, Balatonites semilaevis, Balatonites shoshonensis, Balatonites stradanus, Balatonites transfuga, Balatonites whitneyi, Balatonites zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chitta-Wan near Ghari, Upper Ceratite Limestone or lower, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.0
Distribution: found only at Chitta-Wan near Ghari, Upper Ceratite Limestone or lower, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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