Re-evaluating the phylogenetic position of the enigmatic early Cambrian deuterostome Yanjiahella

Abstract

Systematic position of the early Cambrian deuterostome Yanjiahella is newly evaluated. No clear synapomorphies uniting Yanjiahella with echinoderms.

Consequently, Yanjiahella is classified as a deuterostome.

Keywords

• Yanjiahella
• deuterostome
• Cambrian
• China