Diagoniella

Diagoniella; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Diagoniella hindei fossils
Scientific classification
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

^ "Diagoniella hindei". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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