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 Temporal range: Cambrian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Order: | †Chancelloriida |
| Family: | †Sachitidae |
| Genus: | †Sachites Meshkova, 1969 |
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| Sachites longus Qian, 1977
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Sachites has seven species; the type species Sachites longus was named and described in 1977.[4]
References
edit- ^ 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. doi:10.1017/s0022336000038907. JSTOR 1306536.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1080/03115518108565423.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Qian, 1977
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