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Balatonites oyamai
Taxonomy
Balatonites oyamai was named by Bando (1964). Its type specimen is IGPS 62558 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iwaida, Watanoha-cho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Pelsonian marine shale in the Rifu Formation of Japan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Balatonites oyamai Bando p. 115 figs. Pl 5, figs 4a-b |
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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.
†Balatonites oyamai Bando 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell diameter | 1 | 46.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||