Balkanites
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Balkanites is an extinct ammonite (s.l.), belonging to the ceratitid
superfamily Ceratitacea and family Tirolitidae. It is restricted to the Triassic. As common to the family, the shell is evolute with lateral tubercles. The suture is not eleborate.
Ceratitida
The Ceratitida is an order that contains almost all ammonoid cephalopod genera from the Triassic as well as ancestral forms from the Upper Permian, the exception being the phylloceratids which gave rise to the great diversity of post Triassic ammonites....
superfamily Ceratitacea and family Tirolitidae. It is restricted to the Triassic. As common to the family, the shell is evolute with lateral tubercles. The suture is not eleborate.
References
- Arkel et al, Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press; R. C. Moore (ed)
- Balkinites -PaleoDB