Hamites mortoni Hall and Meek 1855 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae

Full reference: J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411

Belongs to Hamites according to J. Hall and F. B. Meek 1855

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 nokonis, Hamites praegibbosus, Hamites quadrinodosus, Hamites rotundatus, Hamites rotundus, Hamites salebrosus, Hamites simplex, Hamites siskiyouensis, Hamites subcompressum, Hamites subvirgulatus, Hamites tenuis, Hamites tropicalis, Hamites undulatus, Hamites venetzianus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hamites mortoni in the database

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