Balearites


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 ; venter 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:
Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Slovakia, Austria, France, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia and Romania.