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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa
Phylum:	†Saccorhytida; Han et al., 2017
Genera
	†Beretella, Wang et al. 2024; ?†Clypecella, Li 1988; †Saccorhytus (type), Han et al., 2017;

Saccorhytida is an extinct phylum of Cambrian 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.^[1]^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ 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.

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