Phlogites

Phlogites
Temporal range:
Restoration of Phlogites
(with tentacles extended)
Phlogites longus fossil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Stem group: Ambulacraria
Clade: Cambroernida
Genus: Phlogites
Luo & Hu, 1999
Species:
P. longus
Binomial name
Phlogites longus
Luo & Hu, 1999
Synonyms

Phlogites is a member of the extinct ambulacrarian stem group Cambroernida, occupying an intermediate position between the basal Herpetogaster and the more derived Eldonioidea. It is known from the Lower Cambrian Haikou Chengjiang deposits of China.