Diagoniella
Extinct genus of sponges
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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: | |
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| Diagoniella hindei fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | †Reticulosa |
| Genus: | †Diagoniella Walcott, 1920 |
| Species | |
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Several specimens previously assigned to Diagoniella by Rigby (1983)[4] may have instead belonged to Polygoniella as per Del Mouro et al. (2024).[5]