Balearites

Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Balearites

Temporal range: Hauterivian[1]

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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

Binelliceras Sarkar, 1955

Balearites is an extinct ancyloceratin genus included in the family Crioceratitidae, subclass Ammonoidea, from the Upper Hauterivian.[2]

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[edit]

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]

## Distribution[edit]

Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Slovakia,[4] Austria,[3] France,[2] Spain,[2] Switzerland,[2] Hungary,[3] Italy,[3] Bulgaria,[3] Russia[3] and Romania.[3]

## References[edit]

Notes

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
2. ^ a b c d e Vermeulen (J.), Lazarin (P.), Lépinay (P.), Leroy (L.), Mascarelli (E.), Meister (C.) & Menkveld-Gfeller (U.), 2012 - Ammonites (Ancyloceratina, Turrilitina) nouvelles ou peu connues de l'Hauterivien supérieur. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, t. 27, p. 271-318
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hoedemaeker, P. J. "Genus Pseudothurmannia Spath, 1923 and related subgenera Crioceratites (Balearites) Sarkar, 1954 and C.(Binelliceras) Sarkar, 1977 (Lower Cretaceous Ammonoidea)." Rev Paléob 32 (2013): 1-209.
4. ^ Borza, K., Michalík, J., Gašparíkov, V., & Vašíček, Z. (1984). The biostratigraphy of the Hauterivian/Barremian Boundary Beds in the Krížna Nappe, Western Carpathians (Czechoslovakia). Cretaceous research, 5(4), 349-356.

Bibliography

* Arkell, W. J. et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Mollusca 4. 1957.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3726775
* Wikispecies: Balearites
* Fossilworks: 14604
* GBIF: 4626001
* IRMNG: 1311411

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