<==o Tunicata Lamarck, 1816 [Urochordata Lankester 1877] (tunicates; vaippaeläimet) [1600 -> 2000 species?] |?- †Palaeobotryllus taylori Müller, 1977 |?- †Permosoma tunicatum Jaekel, 1918 |?- Sorberacea |-- Larvacea (larvaceans; pyrstökkäät) |-- Thaliacea (salps; salpat) `--o Ascidiacea (meritupet) |-- †Cheungkongella ancestralis Shu, Chen, Han & Zhang, 2001 [=? Phlogites longus Luo " Hu, 1999] |-- Aplousobranchia (runkokuntameritupet) |-- Phelobobranchiata (meritupet) `-- Stolidobranchiata ()?
Reference(s):
- Chen, J.-Y., Dzik, J., Edgecombe, G. D., Ramsköld, L. & Zhou, G.-Q. 1995: A possible Early Cambrian chordate.
–Nature: vol. 377, 26 October, pp. 720-722 - Conway Morris, S., 1993: The fossil record and early evolution of the Metazoa.
–Nature, vol. 361, 21 January, pp. 219-225 - iNet: Tree of Life
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–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work: Beaut‚ Du Monde Animal XI & XII Invertébrés.
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–Nature: Vol. 411, #6836, pp. 472-473 [doi: 10.1038/35078069]
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species of these animals.