What's behind a name: The taxonomic status of Helicancylus Gabb, 1869 and Hamiticeras Anderson, 1938 (Ammonoidea, Lower Cretaceous)

The present contribution illustrates the type material of the Lower Cretaceous ammonoids Ptychoceras aequicostatusGabb, 1864 (type species of HelicancylusGabb, 1869) and Hamiticeras pilsbryiAnderson, 1938 (type species of HamiticerasAnderson, 1938). The typification and taxonomic validity of both genera are clarified, and the affinities with coeval Acrioceratidae are discussed. Their stratigraphic range is investigated with implications for correlation between northern Pacific and European ammonoid scales.