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Hamptonia bowerbanki

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae

Taxonomy
Hamptonia bowerbanki was named by Walcott (1920). It is not extant. It is the type species of Hamptonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott

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

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 bowerbanki Walcott 1920
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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: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Menevian or 521.00000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Hamptonia bowerbanki (68083)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Hamptonia bowerbanki (84415 84421 84424 84427 84430 84431 121954 121956 121957 121959 121962 121963 121966)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Hamptonia bowerbanki (106179)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Hamptonia bowerbanki (122017 122072)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Hamptonia bowerbanki (56186 56187)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Hamptonia bowerbanki (77206 77207)