Myllokunmingia
Myllokunmingia Temporal range:
Atdabanian - Jiangshanian[1] | |
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An artist's conception of Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Order: | †Myllokunmingiida |
Family: | †Myllokunmingiidae |
Genus: | †Myllokunmingia Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999 |
Species: | †M. fengjiaoa
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Binomial name | |
†Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999
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Myllokunmingia is a genus of
biomineralization of the skeletal elements. The holotype was found in the Yuanshan member of the Qiongzhusi Formation in the Eoredlichia Zone near Haikou at Ercaicun, Kunming City, Yunnan, China. Only one species is known – Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa (Shu, Zhang & Han). Related creatures are Haikouichthys and Zhongjianichthys
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The animal has a distinct head and trunk with a forward sail-like (1.5 mm)
pericardial cavity. There are no fin radials on M. fengjiaoa. There is only one specimen, which has the tip of the tail buried in sediment.[2]
See also
- Haikouichthys
- Haikouella
References
- S2CID 135091168.
- ^ S2CID 4402854.
- PMID 16701387. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
External links
- http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/11_6_99/fob1.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030511135309/http://www.gs-rc.org/repo/repoe.htm
- Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China
- Oldest fossil fish caught