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Protospongiidae
Taxonomy
Protospongiidae was named by Hinde (1887).
It was corrected as Protospongidae by Henningsmoen (1952).
It was assigned to Hexactinellida by Henningsmoen (1952); to Lyssakida by Henningsmoen (1958); and to Protospongioidea by Garcia-Bellido and Rigby (2004).
It was corrected as Protospongidae by Henningsmoen (1952).
It was assigned to Hexactinellida by Henningsmoen (1952); to Lyssakida by Henningsmoen (1958); and to Protospongioidea by Garcia-Bellido and Rigby (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Protospongiidae Hinde |
| 1952 | Protospongidae Henningsmoen |
| 1958 | Protospongiidae Henningsmoen |
| 2004 | Protospongiidae Garcia-Bellido and Rigby p. 447 |
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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.
Fm. †Protospongiidae Hinde 1887
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G. †Acanthodictya
G. †Actinodictya
G. †Brooksella Bassler 1941
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†Brooksella alternata Walcott 1896
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Invalid names: Brooksella confusa Walcott 1896 [objective synonym], Laotira cambria Walcott 1896 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Laotira Walcott 1896 [objective synonym]
G. †Diagoniella Rauff 1894
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†Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson and Hinde 1889
†Diagoniella hindei Walcott 1920
†Diagoniella magna Rigby et al. 2010
†Diagoniella mica Rigby 1986
†Diagoniella robisoni Rigby 1978
†Diagoniella tubulara Rigby and Harris 1979
G. †Gabelia Rigby and Murphy 1983
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†Gabelia intermedia Rigby and Maher 1995
†Gabelia pedunculus Rigby and Murphy 1983
G. †Heminectere Botting 2004
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†Heminectere minima Botting 2004
†Heminectere rushtoni Botting and Muir 2011
G. †Hexatractiella Mehl 1996
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†Hexatractiella nevadensis Rigby and Stuart 1988
†Hexatractiella pseudonevadensis Rigby et al. 1998
G. †Iberospongia Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004
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†Iberospongia globulara Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004
G. †Megastylia
G. †Palaeosaccus
G. †Protospongia Salter 1864
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†Protospongia columbiana Rigby et al. 1998
†Protospongia conica Rigby and Harris 1979
†Protospongia fenestrata Salter 1864
†Protospongia gracilis Xiao et al. 2005
†Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887
†Protospongia spina Mehl et al. 1993
G. †Quadrolaminiella Chen et al. 1990
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†Quadrolaminiella crassa Chen et al. 1990
†Quadrolaminiella diagonalis Chen et al. 1990
G. †Testiispongia Rigby 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available