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Attungaia

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Attungaia was named by Pickett (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 207]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Astylospongiidae by Rigby (1986); and to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Attungaia Pickett
1986Attungaia Rigby
2002Attungaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusAttungaiaPickett 1969

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.

G. †Attungaia Pickett 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available