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Hamitidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Hamitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Hamitidae Gill
1952Hamitidae Wright
1979Hamitidae Cooper and Kennedy p. 226
1979Hamitidae Wright p. 284
1990Hamitidae Henderson p. 130
1990Hamitidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 414
1992Hamitidae Summesberger p. 122
1994Hamitidae Kennedy p. 231
2000Hamitidae Arkadiev et al. p. 115
2005Hamitidae Kennedy p. 408
2007Hamitidae Kennedy and Latil p. 471
2007Hamitidae Szives p. 60
2008Hamitidae Kennedy et al. p. 46
2013Hamitidae Hoffmann et al. p. 518
2016Hamitidae Lehmann et al. p. 478
2016Hamitidae Wild and Stilwell p. 975
2018Hamitidae Kennedy and Morris p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyHamitidaeGill 1871
familyHamitidaeGill 1871

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 (Hamites) Parkinson 1811
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†Hamites (Hamites) charpentieri Pictet and Roux 1847
†Hamites alternatus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites angolensis Choffat 1888
†Hamites attenuatus Sowerby 1814
†Hamites attenuatus d'Orbigny 1842
†Hamites beanii Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Hamulina roemeri d'Orbigny 1850 [replaced]
†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 klamathensis Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Hamites armatus Anderson 1902 [replaced]
†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 tropicalis Meunier 1888
†Hamites undulatus Forbes 1846
†Hamites venetzianus Pictet 1847
G. †Helicohamites Monks 2002
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†Helicohamites ibex Spath 1941
G. †Hemiptychoceras Spath 1925
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†Hemiptychoceras tropicum Kossmat 1897
G. †Lytohamites Casey 1961
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†Lytohamites similis Casey 1961
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†Metaptychoceras smithi Woods 1896
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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†Planohamites compressus Sowerby 1814
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†Puebloites greenhornensis Cobban and Scott 1973
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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
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 Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 130.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (208 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Colombia Hamites degenhardtii (97673)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Hamites sp. (42270)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico Hamites tropicalis (65624)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Madagascar Pictetia depressa (84024)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Nagano) Hamites sp. (220843 220847)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Germany Hamites sp. (64185)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Hungary Hamites sp. (226273)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Pictetia astieri (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Pictetia sp. (87669) Stomohamites sp. (87703)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Hamites imitator (225529)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt Hamites compressus (171276)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Crioceras depressus (2167) Hamites virgulatus (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Hamites tenuis (64202)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France Hamites raulinianus, Hamites moreanus, Hamites halleri, Hamites attenuatus (2166)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Hamites maximus (98268) Pictetia ovalis, Pictetia crassecostata, Stomohamites multicostatus (98244)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Hamites praegibbosus (1834 1846) Hamites pseudattenuatus (77949) Hamites sp. (1869) Hamites sp., Hamites praegibbosus (1783) Pictetia depressa (1847 77922)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Colombia Hamites sp. (67346 67359) Hamites sp. 2 (67356 67360 67361) Hamites sp. 2, Hamites sp. B (67355) Hamites sp. A (67347 67350) Hamites sp. A, Hamites sp. B (67349) Hamites sp. B (67348 67351 67352 67353 67354) Hamites sp. B, Hamites sp. 2 (67357 67358)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan Pictetia astieriana (151501)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (California) Pictetia sp. (216423)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Germany Pictetia sp. (183539 183540)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Pakistan Hamites sp. (177362)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Hamites simplex (88253)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina Pictetia ovalis (159012)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru (Cajamarca) Hamites pseudattenuatus (88515) Hamites pseudattenuatus, Hamites sp. (88516) Hamites sp. (88517)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Madagascar Pictetia astieri (98231)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Hamites attenuatus (88251 88252) Hamites virgulatus (88249)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France Hamites duplicostatus, Hamites renzi, Hemiptychoceras subgaultinum, Hamites subvirgulatus (13499)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Hamites sp. (57922) Hamites sp., Pictetia asteriana, Hamites praegibbosus (58861)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Angola Hamites sp. (211028)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (California) Pictetia astieriana (216422)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Switzerland Hamites sp. (58111)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Switzerland Hamites virgulatus, Hamites subvirgulatus, Hamites intermedius (197618)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Stomohamites sp. (82808)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Hamites elegans (171277)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Belgium Hamites subvirgulatus (174924)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Stomohamites analavensis (98221)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Austria Hamites sp., Hamites intermedius (232174)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6South Africa Hamites sp. (66007 82478)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy Hamites virgulatus (12838)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6North Atlantic Hamites sp. (74358)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Queensland) Hamites maximus (83925)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) Pictetia sp. (87714 87715)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Indian Ocean Planohamites sp. (181562)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Hamites incurvatus, Hamites sp. (58125) Hamites sp. (56523 56527 56669 56680 57941 58119 58126 58246 58359 58363 58533 58560) Hamites sp., Hamites duplicatus (58122) Hamites sp., Hamites venetzianus (56674 58431) Hamites sp., Hemiptychoceras gaultinum (58527) Hamites sp., Pictetia sp. (56848) Hamites venetzianus (174466 174479 174485 174490) Hemiptychoceras sp. (58364)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Northern Territory) Hamites virgulatus, Hamites venetzianus (70283) Hamites virgulatus, Hamites venetzianus, Lytohamites similis (70245)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Nigeria Hamites sp. (82773)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Colombia Hamites sp. (68528) Hamites sp. (67514 67515 67516 67535 67536)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Hamites virgulatus, Hamites charpentieri (174811)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine Hamites virgulatus (183295 183297)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Japan Stomohamites sp. (122347)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Antsiranana) Hamites retrecostatus, Hamites annulatiformis, Stomohamites charpentieri, Stomohamites venetziatus, Stomohamites subvirgulatus (98215)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Hamites sp., Hamites virgulatus, Hamites angolensis (210888) Hamites subvirgatus, Hamites virgulatus, Hamites venetzianus, Hamites compressus, Hamites duplicatus, Hamites tenuis, Hamites nokonis (83840) Hamites virgulatus (210853 232171) Hamites virgulatus, Hamites angolensis (210851) Hamites virgulatus, Hamites duplicatus (232170) Hamites virgulatus, Hamites tropicalis (209632) Ptychoceras gaultinum (210730) Torneutoceras attenuatum, Torneutoceras virgulatum (210839) Torneutoceras virgulatum (210847)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (California) Hamites sp. (224967) Stomohamites sp. (224968)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Stomohamites sp. (3096)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Hamites sp., Hamites attenuatus (154013)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Hamites sp. (6595)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Hamites sp. (66779)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Stomohamites simplex (230777)
Ngaterian99.6 - 95.2New Zealand Hamites sp. (83510)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) Hamites attenuatus, Hamites venetzianus, Hamites carrancoi, Hamites charpentieri, Hamites intermedius (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Westphalia) Hamites duplicatus (4066)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Hamites duplicostatus, Hamites sp., Hemiptychoceras subgaultinum (13500)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tanzania Hamites duplicatus (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) Stomohamites simplex (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan Hamites sp. (86984) Stomohamites sp. (123126 236008)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Stomohamites sp. (175339)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Stomohamites sp. (230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan (Hokkaido) Hamites sp. (62650)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Hamites sp. (58626) Stomohamites simplex (230858)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Hamites cimarronensis (172055)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Stomohamites simplex (82797 82855 82857 82899 82913 82919)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Hamites pygmaeus (230855)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Hamites sp. (58969)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Stomohamites sp. (3690 3691 3693)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (South Dakota) Hamites cimarronensis (77738)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Hamites simplex (55562 55563) Metaptychoceras reesidei (53401 55816) Puebloites greenhornensis (54164) Stomohamites sp. (3084)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Montana) Hamites cimarronensis (175423)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Hamites cimarronensis (167809 167810) Metaptychoceras sp., Hamites salebrosus (175424) Stomohamites sp. (233803)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Montana) Hamites cimarronensis (175422)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Hamites simplex, Hemiptychoceras tropicum (82843)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Stomohamites sp. (231777)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Westphalia) Hamites simplex, Hamites subvirgulatus, Hamites duplicatus (4067)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Northern Territory) Stomohamites simplex (13944)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Puebloites sp. (3074)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (Alaska) Hamitidae indet. (88934 88935 88941)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Puebloites greenhornensis (54190 55821) Puebloites spiralis (54195)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Colorado) Puebloites sp. (230902) Puebloites sp., Hamites cimarronensis (230901) Puebloites spiralis (87872 230903)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Hamites sp. (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Stomohamites sp. (140889)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Stomohamites sp. (140890)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Metaptychoceras smithi (112693 159658 175763) Ptychoceras smithi (159132)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Puebloites sp. (143141 143145 143151 143153 143155 143166)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Angola Puebloites greenhornensis (210897)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria Puebloites greenhornensis (175576)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Chile Hamites sp. (83690)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan (Futaba) Hamites sp. B (150930)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Hamites cylindraceus (221859)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Hamites sp. (4496)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Hamites undulatus (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Hamites sp. (4147 4161 4163)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Hamites sp. nov. (4187)