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Balearites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae

Taxonomy
Balearites was named by Sarkar (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut-u].

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Crioceratitidae by Klein et al. (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Balearites Sarkar p. 98
2002Balearites Sepkoski
2007Balearites Klein et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCrioceratitidae(Wright 1952)
genusBalearitesSarkar 1954

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Balearites Sarkar 1954
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Balearites balearis Nolan 1894
Balearites pseudothurmannii Dimitrova 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Pseudothurmannia balearis (2114)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) B. sp. (56055 56779) B. sp., B. balearus (56777)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia B. angulicostatus, B. krenkeli (205705) B. binelli, B. sp. (205701 205702 205703) B. sp. (205694 205697 205700 205704) B. sp., B. balearis (205699)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Slovakia Pseudothurmannia balearis, Pseudothurmannia pseudothurmanni (2061) Pseudothurmannia pseudothurmanni (2060)