Balearites

Balearites; Temporal range: Hauterivian 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
	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

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]

References

Notes

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

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

[Vermeulen2012-2] 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

[Hoedemaeker2013-3] ^ ^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.

[Borza1984-4] 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.

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