Cathaymyrus
Cathaymyrus Temporal range:
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C. diadexus and Vetulocystis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Cephalochordata |
Genus: | †Cathaymyrus Shu, Conway Morris & Zhang 1996 |
Type species | |
Cathaymyrus diadexus Shu, Conway Morris & Zhang 1996
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Species | |
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Cathaymyrus is a genus of Early Cambrian cephalochordate known from the Chengjiang locality in Yunnan Province, China.[1] Both species have a long segmented body with no distinctive head. The segments resemble the v-shaped muscle blocks found in similar cephalochordates such as Amphioxus. A long linear impression runs along the "back" of the body looking something like a chordate notochord. Cathaymyrus is related to Pikaia, another cephalochordate from the Burgess Shale.
See also[]
- Maotianshan shales
- Haikouichthys
- Myllokunmingia
References[]
- ^ Shu, D-G.; Luo, H-L.; Conway Morris, S.; Zhang, X-L.; Hu, S-X.; Chen, L.; Han, J.; Zhu, M.; Li, Y.; Chen, L-Z. (1999). "Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China". Nature. 402 (6757): 42. Bibcode:1999Natur.402...42S. doi:10.1038/46965. S2CID 4402854.
Categories:
- Cambrian chordates
- Maotianshan shales fossils
- Cephalochordata
- Prehistoric chordate genera