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Petrosites

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Petrosites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Haplosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetractinomorpha by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Petrosites Sepkoski
2004Petrosites Finks et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetractinomorphaLévi 1956
genusPetrosites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available