Sachites

Further information: Halkeriid

Sachites Temporal range: Cambrian, 530–513  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Order:	† Chancelloriida
Family:	† Sachitidae
Genus:	† Sachites Meshkova, 1969
Type species
Sachites longus Qian, 1977
Species
S. alatusDuan, 1984 S. desquamatusDuan, 1984 S. folliformisDuan, 1984 S. longusQian, 1977 S. maidipingensisQian, 1977 S. minusQian et al., 1979 S. terastiosQian et al., 1979

Sachites (Meshkova 1969) is an extinct genus of halkeriid that is only known from fossilised spiny sclerites; many Sachites specimens are now referred to as other halkieriid taxa. ^[1] Although believed to be related to the halkieriids, ^[2] a chancelloriid affinity has more recently been proposed. ^[3]

Sachites has seven species; the type species Sachites longus was named and described in 1977. ^[4]

References

1. S. Conway Morris; A. J. Chapman (January 1997). "Lower Cambrian Halkieriids and Other Coeloscleritophorans from Aksu-Wushi, Xinjiang, China". Journal of Paleontology. 71 (1). Paleontological Society: 6–22. Bibcode:1997JPal...71....6M. doi:10.1017/s0022336000038907. JSTOR   1306536.
2. Jell, P. (1981). "Thambetolepis delicata gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic fossil from the Early Cambrian of South Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 5 (2): 85–89. Bibcode:1981Alch....5...85J. doi:10.1080/03115518108565423.
3. Skovsted, C. B. (2006). "Small Shelly Fauna from the Upper Lower Cambrian Bastion and Ella Island Formations, North-East Greenland". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (6): 1087–1112. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[1087:SSFFTU]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0022-3360.
4. Qian, 1977