Biology:Diagoniella

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Short description: Extinct genus of sponges

Diagoniella
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Diagoniella hindei fossils
Diagoniella hindei fossils
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Reticulosa
Genus: Diagoniella
Walcott, 1920
Species
  • Diagoniella cyathiformis
  • Diagoniella hindei
  • Diagoniella magna
  • Diagoniella mica
  • Diagoniella robisoni
  • Diagoniella tubulara

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

  1. "Diagoniella hindei". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=43. 
  2. 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. Bibcode2007Geobi..40..737B. 
  3. 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. Bibcode2006Palai..21..451C. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3706514 entry