Yunnanozoon
Cambrian fossil chordate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Yuyuanozoon.
Yunnanozoon lividum (Yunnan + Greek ζῷον zôion (animal), with species name Latin lividum; (lead-coloured), referring to preserved colour of specimens[1]) is an extinct species of bilaterian animal from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan province, China. Its affinities have been long the subject of controversy.
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A fossil of Yunnanozoon lividum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Family: | †Yunnanozoonidae Dzik, 1995 |
Genus: | †Yunnanozoon Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 |
Species: | †Y. lividum |
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†Yunnanozoon lividum Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 | |
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