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Balatonites kingi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae

Taxonomy
Balatonites kingi was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shoshone Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Balatonites kingi Smith p. 120 figs. Pl 90, figs 11,12

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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
specieskingi

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 kingi Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available