Saccorhytida

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Subkingdom:Eumetazoa
Clade:Bilateria
Clade:Nephrozoa
Saccorhytida
Temporal range: Fortunian
A digital reconstruction of Saccorhytus coronarius.
3D reconstruction of Beretella spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Clade: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Saccorhytida
Han et al., 2017
Genera

Saccorhytida is an extinct phylum (previously considered an order or unranked clade)[2] of Cambrian animals possibly belonging to the superphylum Ecdysozoa. It contains three monotypic genera: its namesake Saccorhytus, Beretella, and the dubious Clypecella. All three genera are found in the early Cambrian of China.[3][2]

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