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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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