Phlogites

Phlogites, a senior synonym of Cheungkongella ancestralis,[1] (sometimes misspelt Cheungkungella)[2] is a cambroernid, and thus a member of the deuterostome total group. It is known from the Lower Cambrian Haikou Chengjiang deposits of China, and was initially compared to the tunicates.[3] It was originally described as a tunicate, though, this identification has been questioned, especially with the discovery of another Chengjiang tunicate, Shankouclava. It has most recently been interpreted as a cambroernid related to Eldonia, Rotadiscus and Herpetogaster.[4][5]

Phlogites
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of Phlogites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Stem group: Ambulacraria
Clade: †Cambroernida
Genus: †Phlogites
Luo & Hu, 1999
Species:
†P. longus
Binomial name
†Phlogites longus
Luo & Hu, 1999
Synonyms
  • Cheungkongella ancestralis Shu et al. 2001

References
  1. Hou, Xian-Guang; Bergström, Jan; Ma, Xiao-Ya; Jie, Z (2006). "The Lower Cambrian Phlogites Luo & Hu Re-Considered". GFF. 128: 47–51.
  2. "The earliest history of the deuterostomes: the importance of the Chengjiang Fossil-Lagerstätte". Proc Biol Sci. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0646. PMC 2842668.
  3. Shu, X. L.; Chen, D. G.; Han, X. -L.; Zhang, X. -L. (24 May 2001). "An Early Cambrian tunicate from China". Nature. 411 (6836): 472–473. doi:10.1038/35078069. PMID 11373678.
  4. Caron & Conway Morris 2010, Plos one
  5. Li et al. 2023, Current Biology


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