Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Alternative combination: Torneutoceras attenuatum
Synonyms: Hamites attenuatus d'Orbigny 1842 [objective synonym], Torneutoceras attenuatus d'Orbigny 1842 [objective synonym]
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 C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also d'Orbigny 1842, Henderson 1990, Hyatt 1900, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Spath 1922 and Spath 1939
Sister taxa: Hamites (Hamites), Hamites (Psilohamites), Hamites alternatus, Hamites angolensis, Hamites beanii, Hamites carrancoi, Hamites cimarronensis, Hamites csaszari, Hamites cylindraceus, Hamites duplicatus, Hamites elegans, Hamites fueloepi, Hamites gibbosus, Hamites imitator, Hamites intermedius, Hamites kalvariensis, Hamites klamathensis, Hamites maximus, Hamites mortoni, Hamites nokonis, Hamites praegibbosus, Hamites quadrinodosus, Hamites rotundatus, Hamites rotundus, Hamites salebrosus, Hamites simplex, Hamites siskiyouensis, Hamites subcompressum, Hamites subvirgulatus, Hamites tenuis, Hamites torquatus, Hamites tropicalis, Hamites undulatus, Hamites venetzianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Mexico (3), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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