Sachites

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]

Further information: Halkeriid

Sachites
Temporal range: Cambrian, 530–513 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: †Coeloscleritophora
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 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. Paleontological Society. 71 (1): 6–22. 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. 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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