| Megasiphon thylakos Temporal range:
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| Reconstruction of Megasiphon, an animal that looks like an ascidian. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Genus: | †Megasiphon Nanglu et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †M. thylakos
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| †Megasiphon thylakos Nanglu et al., 2023
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Megasiphon thylakos is an extinct species of tunicate that lived in the Middle Cambrian 500 million years ago.[1]
- ^ Nanglu, Karma; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Weaver, James C.; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (2023-07-06). "A mid-Cambrian tunicate and the deep origin of the ascidiacean body plan". Nature Communications. 14 (1): 3832. Bibcode:2023NatCo..14.3832N. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39012-4. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 10325964. PMID 37414759.