Cheungkongella

Cheungkongella; Temporal range: Chengjiang PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Genus:	†Cheungkongella; Shu et al. 2001
Species:	†C. ancestralis
Binomial name
	†Cheungkongella ancestralis; Shu et al. 2001

Cheungkongella ancestralis is a tunicate-like organism from the Lower Cambrian Haikou Chengjiang deposits of China.[1] It was originally described as a tunicate, though, this identification has been questioned, especially with the discovery of another Chengjiang tunicate, Shankouclava. This challenge to Cheungkongella being a tunicate has led some experts to reassess it as a cambroernid related to Eldonia, Herpetogaster, and most closely to Phlogites, to which it has been subjectively synonymized as.

References

Shu, X. L.; Chen, D. G.; Han, X. -L.; Zhang, X. -L. (24 May 2001). "An Early Cambrian tunicate from China". Nature. 411 (6836): 472–473. doi:10.1038/35078069. PMID 11373678.

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[Shu24_May_2001-1] Shu, X. L.; Chen, D. G.; Han, X. -L.; Zhang, X. -L. (24 May 2001). "An Early Cambrian tunicate from China". Nature. 411 (6836): 472–473. doi:10.1038/35078069. PMID 11373678.