Phlogites
Phlogites, a senior synonym of Cheungkongella ancestralis, (sometimes misspelt Cheungkungella) 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. 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.
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| Scientific 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 | |
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