Balashovia

Balashovia; Temporal range: Eifelian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	Oncocerida
Family:	Archiacoceratidae
Genus:	Balashovia

Last updated August 27, 2025

Balashovia is a genus of oncocerid nautiloids from the Middle Devonian, (lower Eifelian), included in the Archiacoceratidae, a family characterized by compressed, exogastric, cyrtocones with a large, actinosiphonate, dorsal siphuncle.

References

The Paleobiology Database Balashovia entry accessed 8/21/12
Sepkoski J.J. List of Cephalopod Genera
Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea - Oncocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology , Part K, 1964.

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