Balearites
| Balearites Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Binelliceras Sarkar, 1955 | |
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.
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