Saccorhytida

Saccorhytida Temporal range: Fortunian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A digital reconstruction of Saccorhytus coronarius .
3D reconstruction of Beretella spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa
Clade:	Bilateria
Clade:	Nephrozoa
Clade:	Protostomia
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa
Phylum:	† Saccorhytida Han et al., 2017
Genera
† Beretella , Wang et al. 2024 ?† Clypecella , Li 1988 [1] † Saccorhytus (type), Han et al., 2017

Saccorhytida is an extinct phylum of Cambrian animals possibly belonging to the superphylum Ecdysozoa. It contains three monotypic genera: its namesake Saccorhytus , the dubious Clypecella and Beretella . All three genera are found in the early Cambrian of China. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Li, Z. P. (1988). "The earliest bone fauna of the Meishucun Stage of the Lower Cambrian in the middle of the Hanzhong area of Shaanxi". Geol. Shaanxi. 6: 60–65.
2. Han, Jian; Morris, Simon Conway; Ou, Qiang; Shu, Degan; Huang, Hai (2017-02-09). "Meiofaunal deuterostomes from the basal Cambrian of Shaanxi (China)" . Nature. 542 (7640): 228–231. Bibcode:2017Natur.542..228H. doi:10.1038/nature21072. ISSN   0028-0836. PMID   28135722.
3. Wang, Deng; Qiang, Yaqin; Guo, Junfeng; Vannier, Jean; Song, Zuchen; Peng, Jiaxin; Zhang, Boyao; Sun, Jie; Yu, Yilun; Zhang, Yiheng; Zhang, Tao; Yang, Xiaoguang; Han, Jian (2024-02-19). "Early evolution of the ecdysozoan body plan". eLife. 13. doi: 10.7554/eLife.94709.1 . PMID   38976315.