Urochordata [Tunicata]

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Chordate Groups
	Urochordata [Tunicata]

<==o UROCHORDATA [Tunicata] ()? [1600 -> 2000 species?]
   |?- †Palaeobotryllus taylori Müller, 1977
   |?- †Permosoma tunicatum Jaekel, 1918
   |?- SORBERACEA
   |-- LARVACEA (pyrstökkäät)
   |-- THALIACEA (salpat)
   `--o ASCIDIACEA (meritupet)
      |-- †Cheungkongella ancestralis Shu, Chen, Han & Zhang, 2001
      |-- APLOUSBRANCHIATA (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

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Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 6: Selkärangattomat.
--Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work: Beaut‚ Du Monde Animal XI & XII Invertébrés.
--Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968.

Shu, D.-G., Chen, L., Han, J. & Zhang, X.-L., 2001: An Early Cambrian tunicate from China –Nature: Vol. 411, pp. 472-473

Special thanks to:

Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species of these animals.