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Hamptonia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Hamptoniidae : Hamptonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 467 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Hamptonia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hamptonia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Epifaunal suspension feeder (Caron & Jackson, 2008). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hamptonia bowerbanki ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 21 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hamptonia chengjiangensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hamptonia christi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Hamptonia elongata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hamptonia parva ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1920 | Hamptonia Walcott |
| 2002 | Hamptonia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Hamptonia Finks et al. |
| 2007 | Hamptonia Bambach et al. p. S80 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
