Balearites
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Balearites Temporal range: Hauterivian |
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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 | |
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Crioceras baleare Nolan, 1894 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Binelliceras Sarkar, 1955 |
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Binelliceras Sarkar, 1955
Balearites is an extinct ancylocerid 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,flexious, branching equally in 2s, 3s, or 4s from weak umbilical tubercles.
Genera assumed to be related include Aegocrioceras, Crioceratites, and Hoplocrioceras.
Species within the genus Balearites include:
Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Slovakia, Austria, France, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia and Romania.
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