†Hamptonia christi Botting 2007 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae
Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2007. "Cambrian" demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges. Geobios 40:737-748
Belongs to Hamptonia according to J. P. Botting 2007
Sister taxa: Hamptonia bowerbanki, Hamptonia chengjiangensis, Hamptonia elongata, Hamptonia parva
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zagora, Beni Zoli, which is in a Floian/Dapingian offshore siltstone/limestone in the Fezouata Formation of Morocco
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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