Protomonaxonida

Protomonaxonida
Temporal range: 516.0–0.012 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongae
Order: †Protomonaxonida
Finks et al. 2004[1]
Families
  • †Choiidae
  • †Halichondritidae
  • †Hamptoniidae
  • †Hazeliidae
  • †Leptomitidae
  • †Lobatospongia
  • †Piraniidae
  • †Sollasellidae
  • †Takakkawiidae
  • †Tethyidae
  • †Ulospongiellidae
  • †Wapkiidae

Protomonaxonida is an extinct order of demosponges. It is a paraphyletic group gathering the most ancient species from the Burgess Shale to modern sponges.

References

  1. ↑ Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3), R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004, pages 1-872


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