Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Hamites according to E. Forbes 1846
Sister taxa: Hamites (Hamites), Hamites (Psilohamites), Hamites alternatus, Hamites angolensis, Hamites attenuatus, Hamites attenuatus, 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 tropicalis, Hamites venetzianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pondicherry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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