†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
Type: Hamptonia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)
• Delamaran of Canada (14: British Columbia)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (2), United States (7: Utah)
Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences