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Balvia

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Balvia was named by Lange (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302,1042]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Balviinae by Korn (2006); and to Prionoceratidae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Balvia Lange
2002Effenbergia Korn p. 277
2002Balvia Sepkoski
2006Balvia Korn
2006Effenbergia Korn
2009Balvia Furnish et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusBalviaLange 1929

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. †Balvia Lange 1929
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Invalid names: Effenbergia Korn 2002 [synonym]
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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Tournaisian or 365.20000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany B. globulare, B. biforme, B. nucleus, B. sp. (38647)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Morocco B. falx (170728 170731) B. lens (170733 170734 170736)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Austria B. sp. (38603 38608)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China B. tetrgona (162313)