Balkanites
| Balkanites Temporal range: Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | Ceratitaceae |
| Family: | Tirolitidae |
| Genus: | Balkanites Ganev 1966 |
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.
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