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Hamptonia parva

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae

Taxonomy
Hamptonia parva was named by Rigby et al. (2010). It is not extant. Its type locality is Drum Mountains, which is in a Cambrian paralic shale in the Wheeler Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Hamptonia parva Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyHamptoniidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusHamptoniaWalcott 1920
speciesparva

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hamptonia parva Rigby et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-03-07 18:08:35
Modified: 2009-03-07 20:08:35
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Cambrian or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Hamptonia parva (type locality: 106179)