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: Lower Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration of Phlogites
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
Synonyms
Cheungkongella ancestralis Shu et al. 2001

References

1. Hou, Xian-Guang; Bergström, Jan; Ma, Xiao-Ya; Zhao, Jie (2006). "The Lower Cambrian Phlogites Luo & Hu Re-Considered". GFF. 128 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1080/11035890601281047.
2. Shu, D.-G.; Conway Morris, S.; Zhang, Z.-F.; Han, J. (2010). "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, J.; Conway Morris, S.; Shu, D.; Soares, D. (2010). Soares, Daphne (ed.). "Tentaculate fossils from the Cambrian of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Yunnan) interpreted as primitive deuterostomes". PLOS ONE. 5 (3): e9586. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...5.9586C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009586. PMC 2833208. PMID 20221405.
5. Li, Yujing; Dunn, Frances S.; Murdock, Duncan J.E.; Guo, Jin; Rahman, Imran A.; Cong, Peiyun (10 May 2023). "Cambrian stem-group ambulacrarians and the nature of the ancestral deuterostome". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.048. PMID 37167976. S2CID 258592223. Retrieved 11 May 2023.