Protomonaxonida

Protomonaxonida Temporal range: 516.0–508 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	†Protomonaxonida Finks et al. 2004[1]
Families
† † † †Hazeliidae † † † † † †

Protomonaxonida is an extinct order of sea sponges. It is a paraphyletic group gathering the most ancient species from the Burgess Shale to modern sponges.

Families and genera[]

• Family † Laubenfels, 1925
  • Genus † Rigby & Hou, 1995^[2]
  • Genus †Choia Walcott, 1920^[3]
  • Genus †Choiaella Rigby & Hou, 1995^[2]
  • Genus † Goryanskiy, 1977
• Family † Rigby, 1986^[4]
  • Genus †Halichondrites Walcott, 1920^[3]
  • Genus † Rigby & von Bitter, 2005^[5]
• Family † De Laubenfels, 1955
  • Genus †Hamptonia Walcott, 1920^[3]
  • Genus †Hamptoniella Rigby & Collins, 2004^[6]
• Family †Hazeliidae De Laubenfels, 1955
  • Genus †Crumillospongia Rigby, 1986^[4]
  • Genus †Falospongia Rigby, 1986^[4]
  • Genus †Hazelia Walcott, 1920^[3]
• Family † De Laubenfels, 1955
  • Genus †Leptomitus Walcott, 1886
  • Genus † Chen et al., 1989
  • Genus † Rigby & Harris, 1979
• Genus † Rigby et al., 2007
• Family † De Laubenfels, 1955
  • Genus † Rigby, 1986^[4]
  • Genus †Pirania Walcott, 1920^[3]
• Family † De Laubenfels, 1955
  • Genus †Takakkawia Walcott, 1920^[3]
• Family † Rigby & Collins, 2004^[6]
  • Genus † Rigby & Collins, 2004^[6]
  • Genus †Ulospongiella Rigby & Collins, 2004^[6]
• Family † De Laubenfels, 1955
  • Genus †Wapkia Walcott, 1920^[3]

The following families from the order Hadromerida are also sometimes placed in Protomonaxonida:

• Family von Lendenfeld, 1887
  • Genus † Rigby et al., 2008
  • Genus † Rigby et al., 2007
  • Genus † Rigby & Bell, 2006
  • Genus † Zittel, 1878
  • Genus † Schrammen, 1910
  • Genus † Gerasimov, 1960
  • Genus † Rigby, 1971
• Family Tethyidae Gray, 1867
  • Genus Tethya Lamarck, 1814

References[]

External links[]

• Data related to Protomonaxonida at Wikispecies
• Protomonaxonida at fossilworks

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