Myllokunmingia

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Myllokunmingia
Temporal range: 518–490 
Ma
Atdabanian - Jiangshanian[1]
An artist's conception of Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Order: Myllokunmingiida
Family: Myllokunmingiidae
Genus: Myllokunmingia
Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999
Species:
M. fengjiaoa
Binomial name
Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa
Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999

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
.

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]

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