Balearites

Balearites; Temporal range: Hauterivian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ancyloceratida
Family:	Crioceratidae
Genus:	Balearites; Sarkar 1954
Species
	B. balearis; B. pseudothurmannii;

Balearites is an extinct ancylocerid genus included in the family Crioceratidae, subclass Ammonoidea, from the Lower Cretaceous.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Genera assumed to be related include Aegocrioceras, Crioceratites, and Hoplocrioceras.

Distribution

Cretaceous of Czechoslovakia, France and USSR ^[2]

References

Notes

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Paleobiology Database - Balearites". Retrieved 2014-05-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[fossilworks-2] "Paleobiology Database - Balearites". Retrieved 2014-05-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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