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Hamptoniidae

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae

Taxonomy
Hamptoniidae was named by Laubenfels (1955). Its type is Hamptonia.

It was assigned to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Hamptoniidae Laubenfels
2004Hamptoniidae Finks et al.

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

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.

Fm. †Hamptoniidae Laubenfels 1955
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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
G. †Hamptoniella Rigby and Collins 2004
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Hamptoniella foliata Rigby and Collins 2004
Hamptoniella hirsuta Rigby and Collins 2004
G. †Offela Rogers et al. 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Dapingian or 521.00000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0China (Yunnan) Hamptonia chengjiangensis (156226)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Hamptonia bowerbanki (68083)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Hamptoniidae indet. (187498)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Hamptonia bowerbanki (84415 84421 84424 84427 84430 84431 121954 121956 121959 121962 121963 121966) Hamptonia bowerbanki, Hamptoniella foliata, Hamptoniella hirsuta (121957) Hamptonia elongata (121961)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Hamptonia bowerbanki, Hamptonia parva (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) Hamptonia bowerbankia (230679) Hamptonia sp. (260)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco Hamptonia sp., Hamptonia christi (96112)
Floian - Dapingian477.7 - 467.3Morocco Hamptonia christi (120549)