Cheungkongella is a fossil organism from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang lagerstatte, the affinity of which has been the subject of debate.
[2] However, this affinity was later disputed in a paper announcing the discovery of Shankouclava, also from Chengjiang, as the oldest known tunicate.
[3] Cheungkongella has been accepted as a distinct taxon and possible tunicate by multiple workers not involved in its discovery,[4][5][6][7] but the dispute remains unresolved.
A large oral siphon with short tentacles at the top of the animal leads to a pharynx occupying two-thirds of the main body, with a structure presumed to ben an alimentary canal beneath it.
[9][16] The resemblance between Cheunkongella and Phlogites has been dismissed as "superficial" by a researcher not involved with the discoveries of either of those taxa or of Shankcouklava.