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,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. Austria, France,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 Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia and Romania.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.
References Notes
Bibliography Arkell, W. J. et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Mollusca 4. 1957.