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Hamptonia
Taxonomy
Hamptonia was named by Walcott (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm uMid-m Sepkoski's reference number: 766]. Its type is Hamptonia bowerbanki. It is the type genus of Hamptoniidae.
It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Hamptoniidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Demospongia by Bambach et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Hamptoniidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Demospongia by Bambach et al. (2007).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Hamptonia Walcott |
| 2002 | Hamptonia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Hamptonia Finks et al. p. 13 |
| 2007 | Hamptonia Bambach et al. p. S80 |
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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.
G. †Hamptonia Walcott 1920
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†Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920
†Hamptonia chengjiangensis Wu et al. 2014
†Hamptonia christi Botting 2007
†Hamptonia elongata Rigby and Collins 2004
†Hamptonia parva Rigby et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Dapingian or 521.00000 to 469.40000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cambrian | China (Yunnan) | H. chengjiangensis (156226) | |
| Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | H. bowerbanki (68083) | |
| Stage 4 | China (Hunan) | H. bowerbanki (277901) | |
| Delamaran | Canada (British Columbia) | H. bowerbanki (84415 84421 84424 84427 84430 84431 121954 121956 121957 121959 121962 121963 121966) H. elongata (121961) | |
| Middle Cambrian | USA (Utah) | H. bowerbanki, H. parva (106179) | |
| St Davids | Canada (British Columbia) | H. bowerbanki (122017) | |
| Menevian | USA (Utah) | H. bowerbanki (56186 56187) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Utah) | H. bowerbanki (77206 77207) H. bowerbankia (230679) H. sp. (260) | |
| Marjumian | Canada (British Columbia) | H. bowerbanki (122072) | |
| Tremadocian | Morocco | H. sp., H. christi (96112) | |
| Floian - Dapingian | Morocco | H. christi (120549) |