Diagoniella

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]

Diagoniella
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Diagoniella hindei fossils
Scientific classification
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

References
  1. "Diagoniella hindei". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
  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.
  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. JSTOR 20173022.
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