Balearites
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Balearites is an extinct ancyloceratin genus included in the family Crioceratitidae, subclass Ammonoidea, from the Upper Hauterivian.[2]
| Balearites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Crioceratitidae |
| Genus: | †Balearites Sarkar 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Crioceras baleare Nolan, 1894 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Binelliceras Sarkar, 1955 | |
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.[citation needed]
Genera assumed to be related include Aegocrioceras, Crioceratites, and Hoplocrioceras.
Species
Species within the genus Balearites include:[2]
- Balearites angulicostatiformis Hoedemaker, 2013[3]
- Balearites balearis Nolan, 1894
- Balearites binelli Astier, 1851
- Balearites catulloi Parona, 1898
- Balearites ibizensis Wiedmann, 1962
- Balearites krenkeli Sarkar, 1955 (= B. montclusensis Wiedmann, 1962)
- Balearites labrousseae Sarkar, 1955
- Balearites lorioli Dimitrova, 1967
- Balearites michalíki Vašíček & Malek, 2017
- Balearites mortilleti Pictet & Loriol, 1858
- Balearites nolani Sarkar, 1955
- Balearites nowaki Sarkar, 1955
- Balearites oicasensis Hoedemaker, 2013[3]
- Balearites pseudothurmanii Dimitrova, 1967
- Balearites rotundatus Sarkar, 1955[3]
- Balearites shankariae Sarkar, 1955
- Balearites theodomirensis Hoedemaker, 2013[3]
