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Hamitidae
Taxonomy
Hamitidae was named by Gill (1871). Its type is Hamites.
It was assigned to Hamitaceae by Wright (1952); to Ancylocerataceae by Cooper and Kennedy (1979); to Turrilitaceae by Wright (1979), Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Summesberger (1992), Kennedy (1994), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Hoffmann et al. (2013), Lehmann et al. (2016); and to Turrilitoidea by Henderson (1990), Kennedy (2005), Kennedy et al. (2008), Wild and Stilwell (2016), Kennedy and Morris (2018).
It was assigned to Hamitaceae by Wright (1952); to Ancylocerataceae by Cooper and Kennedy (1979); to Turrilitaceae by Wright (1979), Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Summesberger (1992), Kennedy (1994), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Hoffmann et al. (2013), Lehmann et al. (2016); and to Turrilitoidea by Henderson (1990), Kennedy (2005), Kennedy et al. (2008), Wild and Stilwell (2016), Kennedy and Morris (2018).
Subtaxa
Hamitella, Hamites (type genus), Helicohamites, Hemiptychoceras, Lytohamites, Metaptychoceras, Pictetia, Planohamites, Puebloites, Scaphamites, Stomohamites, Torneutoceras
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Hamitidae Gill |
| 1952 | Hamitidae Wright |
| 1979 | Hamitidae Cooper and Kennedy p. 226 |
| 1979 | Hamitidae Wright p. 284 |
| 1990 | Hamitidae Henderson p. 130 |
| 1990 | Hamitidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 414 |
| 1992 | Hamitidae Summesberger p. 122 |
| 1994 | Hamitidae Kennedy p. 231 |
| 2000 | Hamitidae Arkadiev et al. p. 115 |
| 2005 | Hamitidae Kennedy p. 408 |
| 2007 | Hamitidae Kennedy and Latil p. 471 |
| 2007 | Hamitidae Szives p. 60 |
| 2008 | Hamitidae Kennedy et al. p. 46 |
| 2013 | Hamitidae Hoffmann et al. p. 518 |
| 2016 | Hamitidae Lehmann et al. p. 478 |
| 2016 | Hamitidae Wild and Stilwell p. 975 |
| 2018 | Hamitidae Kennedy and Morris p. 96 |
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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.
Fm. †Hamitidae Gill 1871
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G. †Hamitella Breistroffer 1947
G. †Hamites Parkinson 1811
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Subg. †Hamites (Psilohamites)
†Hamites alternatus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites angolensis Choffat 1888
†Hamites attenuatus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites attenuatus d'Orbigny 1842
†Hamites carrancoi Böse 1923
†Hamites cimarronensis Kauffman and Powell 1977
†Hamites csaszari Szives and Monks 2002
†Hamites cylindraceus de France 1851
†Hamites duplicatus Pictet and Campiche 1861
†Hamites elegans d'Orbigny 1841
†Hamites fueloepi Szives and Monks 2002
†Hamites gibbosus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites imitator Anderson 1938
†Hamites intermedius Sowerby 1814
†Hamites kalvariensis Szives and Monks 2002
†Hamites maximus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites mortoni Hall and Meek 1855
†Hamites nokonis Adkins and Winton 1919
†Hamites praegibbosus Spath 1941
†Hamites quadrinodosus Jimbo 1894
†Hamites rotundatus Conrad 1855
†Hamites rotundus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites salebrosus Cobban et al. 1989
†Hamites simplex d'Orbigny 1842
†Hamites siskiyouensis Hanna 1924
†Hamites subcompressum Forbes 1846
†Hamites subvirgulatus Spath 1941
†Hamites tenuis Sowerby 1814
†Hamites tenuis subacuaria Spath 1941
†Hamites torquatus Morton 1834
†Hamites tropicalis Meunier 1888
†Hamites undulatus Forbes 1846
†Hamites venetzianus Pictet 1847
G. †Hemiptychoceras Spath 1925
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†Hemiptychoceras gaultinum Pictet 1847
†Hemiptychoceras tropicum Kossmat 1897
G. †Pictetia Uhlig 1883
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†Pictetia astieriana d'Orbigny 1841
†Pictetia depressa Pictet and Campiche 1861
G. †Planohamites Monks 2002
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†Hamites compressus gracilis Spath 1941
†Planohamites compressus Sowerby 1814
G. †Scaphamites
G. †Stomohamites
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†Stomohamites virgulatus Brongniart 1822
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Invalid names: Stomohamites brongniarti Breistroffer 1947 [synonym]
G. †Torneutoceras Hyatt 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 125.77000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (212 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Colombia | Hamites degenhardtii (97673) | |
| Aptian | Mexico | Hamites sp. (42270) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Mexico | Hamites tropicalis (65624) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Japan (Nagano) | Hamites sp. (220843 220847) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Madagascar | Pictetia depressa (84024) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Germany | Hamites sp. (64185) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Hungary | Hamites sp. (226273) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Hamites attenuatus (88251 88252) Hamites virgulatus (88249) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Argentina | Pictetia ovalis (159012) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Germany | Pictetia sp. (183539 183540) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Turonian - Coniacian | USA (Alaska) | Hamitidae indet. (88934 88935 88941) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Chile | Hamites sp. (83690) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | Japan (Futaba) | Hamites sp. B (150930) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Hamites torquatus (239757 239865) | |
| Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Hamites torquatus (239744 239745) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Hamites cylindraceus (221859) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | Hamites sp. nov. (4187) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India | Hamites undulatus (41428) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Hamites sp. (4496) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | Hamites sp. (4147 4161 4163) | |