†Hamptonia Walcott 1920 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae
Parent taxon: Hamptoniidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hamptoniella, Lasiothrix, Offela
Subtaxa: Hamptonia bowerbanki Hamptonia chengjiangensis Hamptonia christi Hamptonia elongata Hamptonia parva
Type: Hamptonia bowerbanki
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)
• Delamaran of Canada (14: British Columbia)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia), China (2), United States (7: Utah)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences
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