Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Alternative combination: Torneutoceras attenuatum
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1814. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts IX to XIV. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(9-14):97-178
Belongs to Hamites according to R. A. Henderson 1990
See also Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Hamites (Hamites), Hamites (Psilohamites), Hamites alternatus, Hamites angolensis, Hamites armatus, Hamites attenuatus, Hamites carrancoi, Hamites cimarronensis, Hamites csaszari, Hamites cylindraceus, Hamites duplicatus, Hamites elegans, Hamites fueloepi, Hamites gibbosus, Hamites imitator, Hamites intermedius, Hamites kalvariensis, Hamites maximus, Hamites nokonis, Hamites praegibbosus, Hamites quadrinodosus, Hamites rotundatus, Hamites rotundus, Hamites salebrosus, Hamites simplex, Hamites subcompressum, Hamites subvirgulatus, Hamites tenuis, Hamites tropicalis, Hamites undulatus, Hamites venetzianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), France (1), Mexico (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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