Sachites

Sachites; Temporal range: Cambrian, 530–513 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Order:	†Chancelloriida
Family:	†Sachitidae
Genus:	†Sachites; Meshkova, 1969
Type species
	Sachites longus; Qian, 1977
Species
	S. alatus Duan, 1984; S. desquamatus Duan, 1984; S. folliformis Duan, 1984; S. longus Qian, 1977; S. maidipingensis Qian, 1977; S. minus Qian et al., 1979; S. terastios Qian 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[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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[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. doi:10.1017/s0022336000038907. JSTOR 1306536.

[Jell1981-2] 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. 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

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