Diagoniella
| Diagoniella hindei Temporal range: Burgess Shale | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | "Porifera" |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | †Reticulosa |
| Genus: | †Diagoniella |
| Species: | † D. hindei |
| Binomial name | |
| Diagoniella hindei Walcott, 1920 | |
Diagoniella is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.[1][2] 128 specimens of Diagoniella are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.24% of the community.[3]
References
- ↑ "Diagoniella hindei". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- ↑ Botting, J. (2007). "‘Cambrian’ demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges". Geobios 40 (6): 737–748. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2007.02.006.
- ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.
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