Balatonites balatonicus Mojsisovics 1873 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae

Alternative combination: Trachyceras balatonicum

Synonym: Balatonites nobilis Assman 1937

Belongs to Balatonites according to F. Siegel et al. 2022

See also Arthaber 1896, Fantini Sestini 1988, Gu et al. 1980, Hohenegger and Tatzreiter 1992, Parnes 1986 and von Mojsisovics 1882

Sister taxa: 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 punjabiensis, Balatonites semilaevis, Balatonites shoshonensis, Balatonites stradanus, Balatonites transfuga, Balatonites whitneyi, Balatonites zitteli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 68.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (1), Greece (2), Hungary (46), Israel (1), Italy (3), Malaysia (1), Turkey (1), Vietnam (2)

Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence

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