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Cheungkongella ancestralis

Taxonomy
Cheungkongella ancestralis was named by Shu et al. (2001). Its type specimen is ELI-0000195, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Haikou [Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)], which is in an Atdabanian marine mudstone in the Yuanshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Cheungkongella.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-01-02; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Cheungkongella ancestralis Shu et al. p. 472

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
—Ambulacraria
—Cambroernida(Caron et al. 2010)
genusCheungkongella
speciesancestralis

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†Cheungkongella ancestralis Shu et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available