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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.

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

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.

Microbaltoceras minore Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gasconadian or 486.85000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) Microbaltoceras minore (type locality: 88939)