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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.
Genera assumed to be related include Aegocrioceras, Crioceratites, and Hoplocrioceras.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Czechoslovakia, France and USSR
References
Balearites Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA