Hamptoniella is an extinct genus of sponges known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.

Hamptoniella
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Protomonaxonida
Family: Hamptoniidae
Genus: Hamptoniella
Rigby & Collins, 2004 [1]
Species
  • Hamptoniella foliata Rigby & Collins, 2004
  • Hamptoniella hirsuta Rigby & Collins, 2004

References edit

  1. ^ Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science. 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768.

External links edit