This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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A. Pisera, 2002 - Eocene siliceous sponges from the Ebro Basin (Catalonia, Spain) - Géobios (35), 321-346 (journal article, English)
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, English)
A. Pisera, 1996 - Lower Triassic hexactinellid sponges from the Confusion Range, western Utah - Brigham Young University Geology Studies (41), 139-148 (journal article, English)
A. Pisera, 1991 - Middle Triassic lyssacinosan sponges from Upper Silesia (southern Poland), and the history of hexactinosan and lychniscosan sponges - Acta Geologica Polonica (41), 193-207 (journal article, English)
J. K. Rigby, 1989 - Middle Silurian Ludlovian and Wenlockian sponges from Baillie-Hamilton and Cornwallis Islands, Arctic Canada - Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (391), 1-69 (serial monograph, English)
C. Brimaud, 1986 - Les spongiaires siliceux du Tortonien des Betiques (Miocene de l'Espagne du Sud): especes nouvelles ou peu connues, II: Hexactinellides [Tortonian siliceous sponges from the Betics (Miocene of southern Spain): new or little known species, II: Hexactinelli - Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, C (8), 415-445 (journal article, French)
J. K. Rigby, 1983 - First reported Triassic lyssakid sponges from North America - Journal of Paleontology (57), 787-796 (journal article, English)
J. K. Rigby, 1981 - The sponge fauna of the Eocene Castle Hayne Limestone from east-central North Carolina - Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology (16), 123-144 (journal article, English)
R. du Dresnay, 1978 - Les hexactinellides (lyssakides et dictyonines) du Lias Marocain [Hexactinellida (Lyssakida and Dictyida) from the Liassic of Morocco] - Geobios (11), 269-295 (journal article, French)
A. Schrammen, 1912 - Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)] - Palaeontographica, Supplement (5), 176-385 (serial monograph, German)