The type material ofHalkieria obliquaPoulsen 1967 from the Lower Cambrian ‘Grønne Skifre’(‘Green Shales’) of Bornholm, Denmark, is redescribed.H. obliquais the type species ofHalkieriaPoulsen 1967, originally described as a probable hyolith, but now interpreted to represent the Lower and Middle Cambrian Sachitida He 1980, a widespread group of lepidote metazoans of problematic affinities. The order contains the families Wiwaxiidae Walcott 1911 and Halkieriidae Poulsen 1967. The type material of H.obliquaconsists of six cultrate sclerites. It is not known whetherH. obliquaalso carried palmate and spiniform sclerites. The type and only specimen ofH. symmetricaPoulsen 1967 is the counterpart of the figured paratype ofH. obliqua;the two species names are considered to be synonyms, andH. obliquais selected as the valid name.