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Balatonites
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Taxonomy
Balatonites was named by Mojsisovics (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Balatonitidae.
It was assigned to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balatonitidae by Spath (1951), Tozer (1981) and Shigeta et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balatonitidae by Spath (1951), Tozer (1981) and Shigeta et al. (2010).
Species
B. balatonicus, B. constrictus, B. contractus, B. doris, B. egregius (syn. B. galateae, B. corvini, B. jubilans, B. stenodiscus, B. variesellatus, B. scylla, B. peleus, B. armiger, B. jovis, B. diffissus, B. bullatus), B. gemmatus, B. gracilis, B. haueri, B. hexatuberculatus, B. hystrix, B. kingi, B. lineatus, B. ottonis, B. oyamai, B. punjabiensis, B. semilaevis, B. shoshonensis, B. transfuga, B. whitneyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1879 | Balatonites Mojsisovics |
| 1951 | Balatonites Spath p. 15 |
| 1981 | Balatonites Tozer p. 92 |
| 2002 | Balatonites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Balatonites Shigeta et al. p. 246 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available