Shenzianyuloma
| Shenzianyuloma Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype of Shenzianyuloma yunnanense | |
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| Reconstruction with a pointed dorsal fin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade?: | †Vetulicolia |
| Genus: | †Shenzianyuloma McMenamin, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Shenzianyuloma yunnanense McMenamin, 2019 | |
Shenzianyuloma is an extinct genus of vetulicolians, represented by a single species, Shenzianyuloma yunnanense, from the Maotianshan Shale during Stage 3 (518 million years ago) of the Cambrian period. It is notable for having a compact body shape akin to that of an angelfish. The name of the genus is derived from the Chinese shénxiān yú (神仙鱼), meaning "angelfish", and an anagram of Mola.[1] Because of its notochord-like structure, depending on its phylogenetic position, it could belong to either an ancestral deuterostome with a primitive notochord-like structure or an archaic chordate-related phylum.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ McMenamin, Mark A. S. (August 2019). "Cambrian Chordates and Vetulicolians". Geosciences. 9 (8): 354. Bibcode:2019Geosc...9..354M. doi:10.3390/geosciences9080354.
- ^ Sui, Z.; Zhao, Z.; Dong, B. (2021). "Origin of the Chordate Notochord". Diversity. 13 (10). 462. doi:10.3390/d13100462.
