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Balkoceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Balkoceratidae

Taxonomy
Balkoceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Balkoceras gracile.

It was assigned to Balkoceratidae by Flower (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Plectonocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. gracile (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Balkoceras Flower p. 34
1981Balkoceras Crick p. 228
2002Balkoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyBalkoceratidae
genusBalkoceras

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.

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Balkoceras gracile Flower 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available