†family Hamptoniidae Laubenfels 1955 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae

Parent taxon: Protomonaxonida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Choiidae, Halichondritidae, Hazeliidae, Heliospongiidae, Leptomitidae, Lobatospongia, Mahalospongiidae, Piraniidae, Sinospongiidae, Sollasellidae, Takakkawiidae, Tethyidae, Ulospongiellidae, Wapkiidae

Subtaxa: Hamptonia Hamptoniella Lasiothrix Offela

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Type: Hamptonia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)

• Marjumian of United States (4: Utah)

• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (16: British Columbia), China (2), United States (3: Utah)

Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences

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