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Balearites balearis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae

Taxonomy
Crioceras baleare was named by Nolan (1894). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Balearites balearus by Cotillon (1968); it was recombined as Pseudothurmannia balearis by Kotetishvili (1989); it was recombined as Balearites balearis by Klein et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Crioceras baleare Nolan p. 193 figs. pl. 10, fig. 2a, b
1968Balearites balearus Cotillon
1989Pseudothurmannia balearis Kotetishvili
2007Balearites balearis Klein et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCrioceratitidae(Wright 1952)
genusBalearitesSarkar 1954
speciesbalearis(Nolan 1894)

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.

Balearites balearis Nolan 1894
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) Balearites balearus (56777)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Pseudothurmannia balearis (2114)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia Balearites balearis (205699)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Slovakia Pseudothurmannia balearis (2061)