Hamites
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hāmitēs (“hooked”), from hāmus (“hook”) + -ites. Named by James Parkinson in Organic Remains of the Former World (1811), after the hook-like shape of the fossils.
Proper noun[edit]
†Hamites m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hamitidae – a paraphyletic grouping of Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites.
References[edit]
Hamites (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Turrilitoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hamites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Hamites at Paleobiology Database
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Hamites