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Balkoceras gracile
Taxonomy
Balkoceras gracile was named by Flower (1964). Its type specimen is RHF 307, a shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Threadgill Creek section (San Saba Limestone), which is in a Trempealeauan shallow subtidal grainstone in the Wilberns Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Balkoceras.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Balkoceras gracile Flower p. 34 figs. 1-3 Pl. 2; 10-15 Pl. 3 |
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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.
†Balkoceras gracile Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Trempealeauan | USA (Texas) | Balkoceras gracile (type locality: 88784) |