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Megalelasma

Taxonomy
Megalelasma is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Porifera by Sepkoski (2002) and Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Megalelasma Sepkoski
2004Megalelasma Finks et al. p. 764

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
genusMegalelasma

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