''Balatonites'' is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the

ceratitid 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 ammoni ...

family Balatonitidae. There are at least four known species: ''B. balatonicus'', ''B. oyama'', ''B. shoshonensis'', and ''B. zitteli''. The shell of ''Balatonites'' is essentially evolute, coiled with earlier whorls showing, and is laterally compressed with flattish sides and a roof-like venter. The sides are covered with radial ribs that have tubercles generally arranged in umbilical, median and ventral rows. ''Balatonites'' has been found in Hungary, the Alps, Balkans, Germany, Japan, and Nevada.

References

* Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea.

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'' (or ''TIP'') published by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press, is a definitive multi-authored work of some 50 volumes, written by more than 300 paleontologists, and co ...

part L, Ammonoidea.
Paleobiology Database ''Balatonites'' entry
* The Bay Science Foundation ''Balatonites zitteli'

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