Eumetazoa

Eumetazoa Fossil range: early Ediacaran (perhaps earlier) – Recent
A lancelet.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910

Eumetazoa is a clade which includes all major animal phyla except sponges.

Subgroups

• Placozoa
• Radiata
• Bilateria

References

Look up Eumetazoa in Wikispecies, a directory of species

• Borchiellini C. et al 2001. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14 (1): 171-179.
• Peterson, Kevin J. et al 2005. Tempo & mode of early animal evolution: inferences from rocks, Hox, & molecular clocks. Paleobiology 31(2, Supplement): 36-55.