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Balatonites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Balatonites Mojsisovics
1882Balatonites von Mojsisovics
1951Balatonites Spath p. 15
1960Balatonites Kummel
1981Balatonites Tozer p. 92
1986Balatonites Parnes
2002Balatonites Sepkoski
2010Balatonites Shigeta et al. p. 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyBalatonitidae
genusBalatonitesMojsisovics 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Balatonites Mojsisovics 1879
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†Balatonites balatonicus Mojsisovics 1873
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Invalid names: Balatonites nobilis Assman 1937 [synonym]
†Balatonites bragsensis Laube 1875
†Balatonites carinthiacus von Mojsisovics 1869
†Balatonites constrictus Arthaber 1896
†Balatonites contractus Arthaber 1896
†Balatonites egregius Arthaber 1896
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Invalid names: Balatonites armiger Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites bullatus Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites corvini Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites diffissus Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites doris Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites galateae Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites haueri Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites jovis Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites jubilans Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites lineatus Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites peleus Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites quarternondatus Rassmuss 1914 [synonym], Balatonites scylla Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites stenodiscus Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites variesellatus Arthaber 1896 [synonym], Balatonites zimmermanni Rassmuss 1914 [synonym]
†Balatonites gemmatus von Mojsisovics 1882
†Balatonites golsensis von Mojsisovics 1878
†Balatonites gottschei von Mojsisovics 1888
†Balatonites gracilis Arthaber 1896
†Balatonites hexatuberculatus Monnet and Bucher 2005
†Balatonites hystrix Arthaber 1896
†Balatonites kingi Smith 1914
†Balatonites macer Fritsch 1902
†Balatonites ottonis von Buch 1848
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Invalid names: Balatonites rothei Wunsch 1960 [synonym], Balatonites zimmeri Rassmuss 1915 [synonym]
†Balatonites oyamai Bando 1964
†Balatonites prezzanus von Mojsisovics 1881
†Balatonites punjabiensis Waagen 1895
†Balatonites semilaevis Hauer 1887
†Balatonites shoshonensis Hyatt and Smith 1905
†Balatonites stradanus von Mojsisovics 1881
†Balatonites transfuga Arthaber 1896
†Balatonites whitneyi Bucher 1992
†Balatonites zitteli von Mojsisovics 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2415.84.1028.919.09.29
shell diameter2443.412.094.545.122.5
shell inflation2418.35.4035.720.011.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Fassanian or 249.90000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (156 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan B. punjabiensis (143644)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Japan (Miyagi) Arpadites gottschei (215818)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guangxi) B. shoshonensis (204654 204655) B. spp. (44729)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina B. balatonicus (206719) B. ottonis, B. bragsensis, B. zitteli (206722) B. ottonis, B. gemmatus, B. zitteli (206729) B. sp. (206618)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Bergamo) B. ottonis, B. golsensis (211899)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Belluno) B. sp. (211760)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary B. jubilans (203369)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland B. oltonis (217313 217314) B. ottonis (63538)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Vietnam B. balatonicus (44775 44787)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Udine) B. balatonicus (211752)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Primorye) B. sp. (47301)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Brescia) B. balatonicus (211898)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Cambodia B. zitteli (44802)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464USA (Nevada) B. shoshonensis (62310)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Japan B. gottschei (215815)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (South Tyrol) B. ottonis (205101) B. ottonis, B. bragsensis, B. golsensis (211806)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary (Veszprem) B. balatonicus (44291 44292) B. zitteli (211770)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Thailand (Lampang) B. sp. (211615 211618)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) B. spp. (44728)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy B. prezzanus (136189) B. prezzanus, B. stradanus (136961)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Lecco) B. ottonis (203380)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina B. zitteli (206721)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) B. lateumbilicatus (202272)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovakia B. sp. (44913 44915)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Türkiye B. balatonicus, B. ottonis (143961) B. ottonis (143955 143956 143974)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy B. ottonis (131849) B. sp. (141762 141771 141799 141800)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Israel (Negev) B. balatonicus, B. jovis, B. zimmeri (214646)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33USA (Nevada) B. hexatuberculatus (115464) B. shoshonensis (113670 113671 113672 113673 113674 113675 115462) B. shoshonensis, B. kingi (33201) B. whitneyi (113676 113677 113678 113679 113680 113681 113683 113710)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Hungary B. balatonicus (91916 91917 91918 91920 91921 91922 91923 91924 91926 128187) B. balatonicus, B. jovis (91925) B. gemmans, B. sp. (40631 40633 40635) B. gemmans, B. sp., B. jovis (40632) B. sp. (40629 40634 40636 40639 40643 40644 91970 91973 91974 91975 91976 91978 91980 91983 92010) B. sp., B. balatonicus (40642 91971 91972 91977 91979 91985 91987 91994 91995 91996 91999 92001 92002 92003 92004 92005) B. sp., B. balatonicus, B. jovis (40621 40641 91998 92009) B. sp., B. balatonicus, B. jovis, B. zitteli (40620 40622 92008 92011 92012) B. sp., B. balatonicus, B. ottonis, B. jovis, B. zitteli (40619) B. sp., B. balatonicus, B. zitteli (91984 91988 91993 91997 92000 92006 92007) B. sp., B. jovis (40623 40630 40645) B. sp., B. ottonis (92014 92015) B. sp., B. ottonis, B. jovis (40646) B. sp., B. zitteli (91986)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Vietnam B. sp. (107705)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guangxi) B. gracilis (99903) B. sp. (96998 96999)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Greece (Epidavros) B. balatonicus (211428 211429)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) B. balatonicus (81496)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Japan B. oyamai (101739)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Austria B. balatonicus, B. hystrix (216621 216624) B. egregius (186977) B. egregius, B. armiger, B. diffissus, B. variesellatus, B. stenodiscus, B. haueri, B. jovis, B. doris, B. galateae, B. jubilans, B. scylla, B. peleus, B. bullatus, B. corvini, B. lineatus (186976)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Malaysia (Kelantan) B. balatonicus (211343)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Austria B. gracilis, B. balatonicus, B. hystrix, B. constrictus, B. contractus, B. lineatus, B. transfuga, B. semilaevis, B. gemmatus (186975)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) B. sp., B. ottonis (204511)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria B. gemmatus, B. zitteli (136996)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Trentino) B. prezzanus (211765) B. prezzanus, B. stradanus (211768)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Xizang) B. balatonicus (150445)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Italy (South Tyrol) B. gemmatus (205103)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy (Bergamo) B. carinthiacus (211757)