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Microbaltoceras minore

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Microbaltoceras minore was named by Flower (1964). Its type specimen is RHF 240, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Threadgill Creek section (Threadgill Mbr.), which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tanyard Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Microbaltoceras.

Entered
by T. Liebrecht (authorized by B. Kröger) on 2009-04-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Microbaltoceras minore Flower p. 106 figs. 2, 3 Pl. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMicrobaltoceras
speciesminore

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†Microbaltoceras minore Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
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