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Yunnanozoon lividum

Taxonomy

Yunnanozoon lividum was named by Hou et al. (1991). It is the type species of Yunnanozoon.

Synonyms

Haikouella lanceolata was named by Chen et al. (1999).

It was corrected as Haikouella lanceolatum by Mallett et al. (2003); it was synonymized subjectively with Yunnanozoon lividum by Cong et al. (2015).
Haikouella jianshanensis was named by Shu et al. (2003).

It was synonymized subjectively with Yunnanozoon lividum by Cong et al. (2015).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1991	Yunnanozoon lividum Hou et al.
1999	Haikouella lanceolata Chen et al.
2003	Haikouella lanceolatum Mallett et al.
2003	Haikouella jianshanensis Shu et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria

Rank	Name	Author
genus	Yunnanozoon	Hou et al. 1991
species	lividum	Hou et al. 1991

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Yunnanozoon lividum Hou et al. 1991

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Invalid names: Haikouella jianshanensis Shu et al. 2003 [synonym], Haikouella lanceolata Chen et al. 1999 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

nektonicg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Created:

2009-09-21 13:12:46

Modified:

2009-09-21 15:12:46

Source: g = genus

Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian	521.0 - 516.0	China (Yunnan)	Haikouella lanceolata (90134) Haikouella lanceolata, Haikouella jianshanensis (68083)