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Hammatoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hammatoceratidae Buckman
1993Hammatoceratidae Arthur et al. p. 34
2009Hammatoceratidae Kovács
2013Hammatoceratidae Howarth p. 100
2022Hammatoceratidae 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
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887

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. †Hammatoceratidae Buckman 1887
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Subfm. †Erycitinae Spath 1928
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G. †Abbasites Buckman 1921
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Abbasites abbas Buckman 1921
Abbasites gardincola de Gregorio 1886
Invalid names: Ambersites Buckman 1921 [synonym]
G. †Abbasitoides Geczy 1966
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Abbasitoides modestus Vacek 1886
Abbasitoides placidus Vacek 1886
G. †Cagliceras Rulleau and Elmi 2001
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Cagliceras costulosum Merla 1934
Cagliceras elaphum Merla 1934
Cagliceras elaphus Merla 1934
Cagliceras enigmaticum Kovács and Géczy 2008
Cagliceras picenum Fossa-Mancini 1915
Cagliceras robustum Merla 1934
G. †Erycites
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Subg. †Erycites (Abbasitoides) Geczy 1966
Erycites barodiscus Gemmellaro 1886
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Invalid names: Erycites exulatus Callomon and Chandler 1994 [synonym]
Erycites costatus Merla 1933
Erycites crassiventris Merla 1934
Erycites fallifax Arkell 1958
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Invalid names: Ammonites fallax Benecke 1865 [replaced]
Erycites gerecsensis Kovács and Géczy 2008
Erycites intermedius Hantken in Prinz 1904
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Invalid names: Erycites schafarziki Prinz 1904 [synonym]
Erycites labrosus Quenstedt 1886
Erycites reussi Hauer 1856
Erycites robustus Merla 1934
Erycites subquadratus Géczy 1966
Erycites sutneri Gemmellaro 1886
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Invalid names: Erycites ovatus Géczy 1966 [synonym]
G. †Fissilobiceras Buckman 1919
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Fissilobiceras ovale Quenstedt 1886
G. †Geczyceras Martínez 1992
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Geczyceras allobrogense Dumortier 1874
Geczyceras bonarellii Parisch and Viale 1906
Geczyceras clausum Gabilly 1973
Geczyceras costatum Gabilly 1973
Geczyceras costulosum Merla 1934
Geczyceras galaczi Kovács 2009
Geczyceras martinezae Kovács 2009
Geczyceras perplanum Prinz 1904
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras clavatum Fossa-Mancini 1914 [synonym]
Geczyceras porcarellense Bonarelli 1899
Geczyceras speciosum Janensch 1902
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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]
Subfm. †Hammatoceratinae Buckman 1887
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G. †Bredyia
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Bredyia brancoi Prinz 1904
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras lotharingicum Benecke 1905 [synonym], Parammatoceras boyeri Elmi 1963 [synonym]
Bredyia rugata Buckman 1925
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras dolium Buckman 1889 [replaced], Hammatoceras prinzi Geczy 1966 [synonym]
Bredyia subinsignis Oppel 1856
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Invalid names: Burtonia crassornata Buckman 1910 [synonym], Hammatoceras dumortieri Prinz 1904 [synonym], Hammatoceras vighi Geczy 1966 [synonym]
Invalid names: Burtonia Buckman 1910 [replaced], Pseudammatoceras [synonym]
G. †Crestaites Rulleau and Elmi 2001
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Crestaites goyi Martinez 1992
Crestaites meneghinii Bonarelli 1899
Crestaites szentei Kovács 2009
Crestaites victorii Bonarelli 1895
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras strictum Prinz 1904 [synonym]
G. †Erycitoides Westermann 1964
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Erycitoides spinatus Westermann 1964
Invalid names: Kialagvikes Westermann 1964 [synonym]
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Euaptetoceras amplectens Buckman 1889
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Invalid names: Witchellia aguilonia Imlay 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ceccaites Cresta 1997 [synonym], Csernyeiceras Géczy 1966 [synonym], Parammatoceras [synonym]
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Subg. †Eudmetoceras (Eudmetoceras) Buckman 1920
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Invalid names: Rhodaniceras Elmi 1963 [synonym]
G. †Onychoceras Wunstrorf 1905
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Onychoceras confertissimum Whitfield 1936
Onychoceras differens Wunstorf 1907
G. †Paviaites Cresta 2002
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Planammatoceras kochi Prinz 1904
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras magocsy Prinz 1904 [synonym]
G. †Pseudaptetoceras Géczy 1966
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Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) tricolore Westermann and Riccardi 1982
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Invalid names: Deltotoceras corroyi Gerard 1930 [synonym], Hammatoceras discus Merla 1902 [synonym]
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Subg. †Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) Westermann and Riccardi 1982
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Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa Westermann and Riccardi 1982
Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) mendozana Westermann and Riccardi 1982
Subg. †Puchenquia (Puchenquia) Westermann and Riccardi 1972
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Subfm. †Podagrosiceratinae Westermann and Riccardi 1979
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G. †Podagrosiceras Maubeuge and Lambert 1956
G. †Westermanniceras Riccardi 2000
G. †Rarenodia Venturi 1975
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Rarenodia planulata Venturi 1975
Subfm. †Zurcheriinae Hyatt 1900
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Haplopleuroceras mundum Buckman 1907
Haplopleuroceras subspinatum Buckman and Buckman 1881
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Malladaites parvispinatus Buckman and Buckman 1892
Malladaites pertinax Vacek 1886
Malladaites sandovali Dietze et al. 2017
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Spinammatoceras pugnax Vacek 1886
Spinammatoceras sagax Vacek 1886
Spinammatoceras tenax Vacek 1886
Invalid names: Shahrudites Seyed-Emami 2006 [synonym]
G. †Zurcheria
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Subg. †Zurcheria (Parazurcheria) Fernández-López 1988
Invalid names: Parazurcheria Fernandez-Lopez 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 182.70000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (472 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Indonesia Hammatoceras sp. (132795)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Chile (Huasco) Hammatoceras sp. (223408)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Italy Rarenodia sp. (145307)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Rarenodia planulata (53621 57872)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Aalenian183.0 - 171.6Chile (Huasco) Eudmetoceras sp. (223405)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Aalenian183.0 - 170.3Chile (Chañaral) Planammatoceras sp. (223780)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France Hammatoceras insigne (210797 210798 210878 210880) Hammatoceras praefallax, Hammatoceras speciosum, Hammatoceras insigne (210881)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Coquimbo) Hammatoceras alleoni (222004)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Bavaria) Hammatoceras insigne (51277)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Atacama) Hammatoceras sp. (221826)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Hungary Erycites personatiformis, Erycites telegdirothi, Erycites mouterdei, Erycites baconicus, Erycites partschi, Erycites involutus, Erycites retrorsicostatus, Erycites szontaghi, Hammatoceras baconicum, Hammatoceras auerbachense, Hammatoceras hungaricum, Hammatoceras broilii, Hammatoceras rugatum, Hammatoceras liebi, Hammatoceras hantkeni, Hammatoceras spinosum, Hammatoceras mediterraneum, Hammatoceras ferrugineum, Hammatoceras tenerum, Hammatoceras planiforme, Hammatoceras dorsatum, Hammatoceras obtectum, Hammatoceras sp., Hammatoceras megacanthum, Hammatoceras klimakomphalum, Hammatoceras diadematoides, Hammatoceras tenuinsigne, Erycites ovatus, Hammatoceras verpillierense, Hammatoceras planinsigne, Hammatoceras kochi, Erycites fallifax, Erycites intermedius, Hammatoceras brancoi, Erycites reussi, Hammatoceras vighi, Hammatoceras prinzi, Hammatoceras klimakomphalum, Hammatoceras amaltheiforme, Hammatoceras gerthi, Hammatoceras lorteti, Hammatoceras discus, Erycites modestus, Sonninia ovalis, Hammatoceras sieboldi (64311)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Spain Haplopleuroceras mundum (131813)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Alaska) Erycites howelli (5488) Erycites sp. (5489) Eudmetoceras amplectens, Eudmetoceras klimakomphalum, Eudmetoceras nucleospinosum (175614) Eudmetoceras eudmetum, Eudmetoceras klimakomphalum, Planammatoceras benneri (175622) Eudmetoceras klimakomphalum (175652 175672)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Hungary Fissilobiceras ovale (220904)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Spain Eudmetoceras klymakomphalum, Eudmetoceras profues, Zurcheria sp. (73294)
Discites171.6 - 167.7USA (Alaska) Eudmetoceras amplectens (175645 175646) Eudmetoceras klimakomphalum (175619) Eudmetoceras sp., Eudmetoceras amplectens (175647)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Morocco Euaptetoceras sp., Haplopleuroceras sp., Euaptetoceras amplectens (141229) Euaptetoceras sp., Haplopleuroceras sp., Zurcheria sp. (141233) Eudmetoceras eudmetum (141228) Haplopleuroceras sp. (141234) Haplopleuroceras sp., Rhodaniceras prosphues (141231) Rhodaniceras prosphues, Haplopleuroceras subspinatum (141227)
Discites171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Fissilobiceras ovale (141363)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Haplopleuroceras mundum (48030)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Erycites barodiscus (142437)