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Hamites ✝
| Description | Hamites (from the biblical Ham) is a historical Biblical terminology for race coined in 18th century ethnology and linguistics for a division of the human race and the group of related languages these populations spoke. The term was originally used in contrast to the other two proposed divisions of the world – Semites and Japhetites. The appellation Hamitic was applied to the Berber, Cushitic, and Egyptian branches of the Afroasiatic language family, which, together with the Semitic branch, was thus formally labelled "Hamito-Semitic". However, since the three Hamitic branches have not been shown to form an exclusive (monophyletic) phylogenetic unit of their own, separate from other Afroasiatic languages, linguists no longer use the term in this sense. Each of these branches is instead now regarded as an independent subgroup of the larger Afroasiatic family. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hamitidae : Hamites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Hamitidae : Hamites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Hamites Parkinson, 1811 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Org. Rem., 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 129 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hamites (Hamites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites acteon species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites acuticostatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites alternatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites armatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites arrogans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites attenuatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites bouchardianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites carrancoi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites charpentieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites cimarronensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites clinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites comanchensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites constrictus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites cylindraceus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites d'orbignyana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites dissimilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites duplicatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites elegans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Hamites ellipticus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites flexuosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites ixyon species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites maximus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Hamites minimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites neptuni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites nokonis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites novimexicanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites phoenixensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites pygmaeus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites quadrinodosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites raulinianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites sablieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites salebrosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites simplex ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites solanoense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites subcompressum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hamites subvirgulatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites taylorensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites tenawa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hamites undulatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites venetzianus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hamites virgulatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1811 | Hamites Parkinson |
| 1858 | Ancyloceras (Hamites) Meek and Hayden p. 56 |
| 1885 | Anisoceras (Hamites) Moberg |
| 1926 | Hamites Whitehouse p. 226 |
| 1975 | Hamites Förster p. 163 |
| 1990 | Hamites Henderson p. 130 |
| 1990 | Hamites Kennedy and Cobban p. 414 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1994 | Hamites Kennedy p. 231 |
| 2000 | Hamites Arkadiev et al. p. 115 |
| 2002 | Hamites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Hamites Kennedy p. 408 |
| 2007 | Hamites Kennedy and Latil p. 471 |
| 2008 | Hamites Kennedy et al. p. 46 |
| 2018 | Hamites Kennedy and Morris p. 96 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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