Balearites Explained
Balearites is an extinct ancyloceratin 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, flexuous, branching equally in 2s, 3s, or 4s from weak umbilical tubercles.
Genera assumed to be related include Aegocrioceras, Crioceratites, and Hoplocrioceras.
Species
Species within the genus Balearites include:
- Balearites angulicostatiformis Hoedemaker, 2013
- 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
- Balearites pseudothurmanii Dimitrova, 1967
- Balearites rotundatus Sarkar, 1955
- Balearites shankariae Sarkar, 1955
- Balearites theodomirensis Hoedemaker, 2013
Distribution
Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Slovakia,[1] Austria, France,[2] Spain,[2] Switzerland,[2] Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia and Romania.[3]
References
- Notes
Bibliography
- Arkell, W. J. et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Mollusca 4. 1957.
Notes and References
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
