Diagoniella
Appearance
Diagoniella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Hexactinellida |
Order: | †Reticulosa |
Genus: | †Diagoniella |
Species: | †D. hindei
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Binomial name | |
†Diagoniella hindei Walcott, 1920
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Diagoniella is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.[1][2] Template:Gpb abundance
The specific epithet hindei is a tribute to English paleontologist George Jennings Hinde.
References
- ^ Template:Burgess Shale species
- ^ 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.