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Pseudoseliscothon

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoseliscothon is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pseudoseliscothon Sepkoski
2004Pseudoseliscothon Finks et al. p. 314

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
superfamilyScleritodermatoideaSollas 1888
familySeliscothonidaeSchrammen 1924
genusPseudoseliscothon

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