''Balkanites'' is a genus of extinct ammonites (

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), 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 ...

superfamily Ceratitacea and family Tirolitidae. It is restricted to the Triassic period. As common to the family, the shell is evolute with lateral tubercles. The suture is not elaborate.

References

* Arkel et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea;

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, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press; R. C. Moore (ed)
Balkinites -PaleoDB
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