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Balkoceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Balkoceratidae

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
YearName and author
1964Balkoceras gracile Flower p. 34 figs. 1-3 Pl. 2; 10-15 Pl. 3

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

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Balkoceras gracile Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
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