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Diagoniella

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Diagoniella
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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] Template:Gpb abundance

The specific epithet hindei is a tribute to English paleontologist George Jennings Hinde.

References

  1. ^ Template:Burgess Shale species
  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.