Balticeras

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

{{Taxobox

|fossil_range = {{fossil range|Oxfordian|ref=}}

|regnum = Animalia

|phylum = Mollusca

|classis = Cephalopoda

|subclassis = Ammonoidea

|ordo = Ammonitida

|familia = Perisphinctidae

|genus = Balticeras

|genus_authority = Dohm, 1925

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision_ref = {{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - 'Balticeras |author-link =| year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14605| access-date = 17 December 2021 }}

|subdivision = None cataloged

}}

Balticeras is an involute, discoidal Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) ammonite{{cite web

| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database|author-link =| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }} (order Ammonitida) found in England, Germany, and Switzerland, belonging to the Perisphinctidae. The shell is strongly embracing, tending to be oxyconic (sharp rimmed). Sides are gently curved, converging on a narrow to sharp ventral rim.

Balticeras is considered by some to be a subgenus of Ringsteadia which in contrast is more evolute, with ribbed inner whorls. Both are included in the Pictoniinae, a subfamily established by Spath, 1924, for large ammonites within the Perisphinctidae, tending to develop smooth middle and outer whorls.