†Hamptonia Walcott 1920 (demosponge)

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

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Type: Hamptonia bowerbanki

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (16: British Columbia), China (3), United States (7: Utah)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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