Diagoniella

Diagoniella Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

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. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
2. Botting, J. (2007). "'Cambrian' demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges". Geobios. 40 (6): 737–748. Bibcode:2007Geobi..40..737B. 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. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR   20173022. S2CID   53646959.