Yunnanozoon
Yunnanozoon lividum (Yunnan + Greek ζῷον zôion (animal), with species name Latin lividum; (lead-coloured), referring to preserved colour of specimens) 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.
| Yunnanozoon Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2, | |
|---|---|
| A fossil of Yunnanozoon lividum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Family: | †Yunnanozoonidae Dzik, 1995 |
| Genus: | †Yunnanozoon Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 |
| Species: | †Y. lividum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yunnanozoon lividum Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.