Protospongiidae

Protospongiidae
Indeterminate Protospongiid species from the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History in China.
Brooksella from the Cambrian period of Georgia, United States.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: †Reticulosa
Family: †Protospongiidae

Protospongiidae is an extinct family of hexactinellid sponges that belongs to the order Reticulosa.[1]

Distribution

Fossils in this family have been found worldwide in North America, Greenland, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia.[1]

Genera

This family contains 13 genera. They are listed below:[1]

  • Brooksella Bassler, 1941
  • Diagoniella Rauff, 1894
  • Gabelia Rigby & Murphy, 1983
  • Heminectere Botting, 2004
  • Hunanospongia Qian & Ding, 1988
  • Iberospongia Garcia-Bellieo & Rigby, 2004
  • Kiwetinokia Walcott, 1920
  • Metaxyspongia Wu, Yang, Janussen, Steiner, & Zhu, 2005
  • Protospongia Salter, 1864
  • Saetaspongia Mehl & Reitner, 1993
  • Sanshapentella Mehl & Erdtmann, 1994
  • Stephanella Hinde, 1891
  • Triticispongia Mehl & Retiner, 1993

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Protospongiidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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