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Khmeriamorpha
Temporal range: Late Permian–Late Triassic PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Khmeriamorpha
Wendt, 2018
Genera and species
  • Khmeria
    • K. minima
    • K. problematica
    • K. stolonifera
  • Zardinisoma
    • Z. cassianum
    • Z. japonicum
    • Z. pauciplacophorum
    • Z. polyplacophorum
    • Z. pyriforme

Khmeriamorpha is an order of extinct ascidians, characterized by a composite calcareous exoskeleton. It is known from the Late Permian to Late Triassic, and comprises the genera Khmeria and Zardinisoma.

References

  1. Wendt, Jobst (July 2018). Hautmann, Michael (ed.). "The first tunicate with a calcareous exoskeleton (Upper Triassic, northern Italy)". Palaeontology. 61 (4): 575–595. doi:10.1111/pala.12356. ISSN 0031-0239.
Tunicate genera
Tunicata
Appendicularia
(Larvacea)
Fritillariidae
Oikopleuridae
Stolidobranchia
(Pleurogona)
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Molgulidae
Pyuridae
Styelidae
Thaliacea
Pyrosomatidae
Salpidae
Doliolida
Doliopsidae
Doliolidae
Enterogona¹
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Halocynthia roretzi

Microcosmus sabatieri

Pyrosoma
Enterogona
Aplousobranchia
Clavelinidae
Diazonidae
Didemnidae
Holozoidae
Polycitoridae
Polyclinidae
Protopolyclinidae
Pseudodistomidae
Ritterellidae
Phlebobranchia
Agneziidae
Ascidiidae
Cionidae
Corellidae
Octacnemidae
Perophoridae
Plurellidae
Pycnoclavella diminuta

Didemnum molle

Megalodicopia hians
Tunicate-like fossils
Ediacaran
Cambrian
Later
Khmeriamorpha
Ichnotaxa
Megasiphon thylakos
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