Balearites

Balearites Temporal range: Hauterivian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
BinellicerasSarkar, 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

Species within the genus Balearites include: ^[2]

• Balearites angulicostatiformisHoedemaker, 2013 ^[3]
• Balearites balearisNolan, 1894
• Balearites binelliAstier, 1851
• Balearites catulloiParona, 1898
• Balearites ibizensisWiedmann, 1962
• Balearites krenkeliSarkar, 1955 (= B. montclusensisWiedmann, 1962)
• Balearites labrousseaeSarkar, 1955
• Balearites lorioliDimitrova, 1967
• Balearites michalíkiVašíček & Malek, 2017
• Balearites mortilletiPictet & Loriol, 1858
• Balearites nolaniSarkar, 1955
• Balearites nowakiSarkar, 1955
• Balearites oicasensisHoedemaker, 2013 ^[3]
• Balearites pseudothurmaniiDimitrova, 1967
• Balearites rotundatusSarkar, 1955 ^[3]
• Balearites shankariaeSarkar, 1955
• Balearites theodomirensisHoedemaker, 2013 ^[3]

Distribution

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

Notes

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2014-05-28.
2. 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. 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.