Balearites

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

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

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]