Hamptonia christi Botting 2007 (demosponge)

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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