Balearites is an extinct ancyloceratin genus included in the family Crioceratitidae, subclass Ammonoidea, from the Upper Hauterivian.
The shell, or conch, of Balearites is planispiral; whorls compressed, fairly flat sided, barely in contact (sub-gyroconic); venter (outer rim) rounded; ribs fine, flexuous, branching equally in 2s, 3s, or 4s from weak umbilical tubercles.
Genera assumed to be related include Aegocrioceras, Crioceratites, and Hoplocrioceras.
Species
Species within the genus Balearites include:
- Balearites angulicostatiformis <small>Hoedemaker, 2013</small>
- Balearites balearis <small>Nolan, 1894</small>
- Balearites binelli <small>Astier, 1851</small>
- Balearites catulloi <small>Parona, 1898</small>
- Balearites ibizensis <small>Wiedmann, 1962</small>
- Balearites krenkeli <small>Sarkar, 1955</small> (= B. montclusensis <small>Wiedmann, 1962</small>)
- Balearites labrousseae <small>Sarkar, 1955</small>
- Balearites lorioli <small>Dimitrova, 1967</small>
- Balearites michalÃÂki <small>VaÃ
¡ÃÂÃÂek & Malek, 2017</small>
- Balearites mortilleti <small>Pictet & Loriol, 1858</small>
- Balearites nolani <small>Sarkar, 1955</small>
- Balearites nowaki <small>Sarkar, 1955</small>
- Balearites oicasensis <small>Hoedemaker, 2013</small>
- Balearites pseudothurmanii <small>Dimitrova, 1967</small>
- Balearites rotundatus <small>Sarkar, 1955</small>
- Balearites shankariae <small>Sarkar, 1955</small>
- Balearites theodomirensis <small>Hoedemaker, 2013</small>
Distribution
Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Slovakia, Austria, France, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia and Romania.
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Arkell, W. J. et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Mollusca 4. 1957.