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Hammatoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ammonites (Hammatoceras) Denckmann
1898Chartronia Buckman
1921Pachammatoceras Buckman
1997Accardia Cresta p. 34
2002Hammatoceras Sepkoski
2009Accardia Kovács
2009Hammatoceras Kovács
2013Hammatoceras Howarth p. 103
2022Hammatoceras Benzaggagh et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
genusHammatoceras

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Hammatoceras insigne Schubler 1831
†Hammatoceras lorteti Dumortier 1874
†Hammatoceras pachu Buckman 1921
†Hammatoceras semilunatum Quenstedt 1885
†Hammatoceras sieboldi Oppel 1862
†Hammatoceras simulator Monestier 1921
†Hammatoceras trigonatum Quenstedt 1885
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras cappucinum Buckman 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Accardia Cresta 1997 [synonym], Chartronia Buckman 1898 [synonym], Pachammatoceras Buckman 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height130.5----
diameter192.0----
inflation140.5----
shell height844.836.062.041.010.4
shell diameter8131.590.0195.0130.034.6
shell inflation850.332.085.044.521.2

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aalenian or 182.70000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Indonesia H. sp. (132795)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Chile (Huasco) H. sp. (223408)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France H. insigne (210797 210798 210878 210880) H. praefallax, H. insigne (210881)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Coquimbo) H. alleoni (222004)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Atacama) H. sp. (221826)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Bavaria) H. insigne (51277)
Toarcian - Early/Lower Aalenian182.7 - 171.6Chile (Huasco) H. insignis (223376)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) H. insigne (147172) H. insigne, H. cappucinum (140875) H. pachu (140876 147173)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6France H. insigne (148812) H. sp. (148810)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Spain H. insigne (147091 147093 147096) H. praefallax (147099 147101 147105) H. sp. (147095 147098 147100 147102 147106 147120) H. sp., H. pachu (147110) H. sp., H. praefallax, H. pachu (147111)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany H. insigne (59424) H. sp. (59425)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain (Granda) Chartronia venustula (201200)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Hungary H. insigne (108476)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Bulgaria Chartronia sp. (151004)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Slovakia H. sp. (218344)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany (Bavaria) H. insigne (51279)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) H. sp. (204109)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain (Murcia) H. semilunatum (201641)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) H. sp. (220491)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain (Granada) Accardia procerinsigne (201381) Chartronia venustula (201296 201299) H. praefallax (201327)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France H. insigne (124179 161668 161673) H. praefallax (161677) H. simulator (170417 170418) H. sp. (148819) H. spp. (161671 161676) H. spp., H. insigne (161672 161675)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) H. insigne (56341 59565) H. sp. (53588)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Hungary H. insigne (108630 108634) H. pachu (108600) H. semilunatum (108576) H. sp., H. percus, H. allobrogense, H. perplanum (64305) H. trigonatum (108577)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Morocco H. insigne (228356)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Chile (Atacama) H. sp. (221818)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Tunisia H. insigne (170604)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) H. subplanatum (140874)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.1 - 170.3France H. alleoni, H. subinsigne (51501)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian180.1 - 168.4Chile (Chañaral) H. insignis (223763 223766)
Concavum175.6 - 171.6Morocco Pseudammatoceras diadematoides (141202 141203 141205)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain H. planiforme, H. procerinsigne (71713)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Iran Accardia diadematoides (196967)
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain H. lorteti (71714)
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Italy (Central Italy ) H. leptoplocum (123679)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6Hungary Accardia diadematoides (108624) Accardia eximia, Accardia noszkyi (108718)
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom H. lorteti (141362)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Italy Accardia lorteti (198955) Accardia proceroinsignis (198946 198954) Accardia proceroinsignis, Accardia lorteti (198944)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Hungary H. baconicum, H. auerbachense, H. hungaricum, H. broilii, H. rugatum, H. liebi, H. hantkeni, H. spinosum, H. mediterraneum, H. ferrugineum, H. planiforme, H. dorsatum, H. obtectum, H. sp., H. megacanthum, H. klimakomphalum, H. diadematoides, H. lorteti, H. sieboldi (64311)