Myllokunmingiidae

Myllokunmingiidae is a group of very early, jawless prehistoric fish (Agnathans) which lived during the Cambrian period.[1] The Myllokunmingiids are the earliest known group of craniates. The group contains three genera, Haikouichthys, Myllokunmingia, and Zhongjianichthys. Their fossils have been found only in the Maotianshan Shales lagerstätte.

Myllokunmingiidae Temporal range: 535–520 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of Haikouichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Superclass:	Agnatha
Order:	†Myllokunmingiida Shu, 2003
Family:	†Myllokunmingiidae Shu, 2003
Species
Haikouichthys Myllokunmingia Zhongjianichthys

Taxonomy

• Order †Myllokunmingiida Shu, 2003[2][3][4]
  • Family †Myllokunmingiidae Shu, 2003
    • Genus †Haikouichthys Luo, Hu & Shu 1999 sensu Shu et al., 2003
      • Species †Haikouichthys ercaicunensis Luo, Hu & Shu 1999 sensu Shu et al., 2003
    • Genus †Myllokunmingia Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999
      • Species †Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999
    • Genus †Zhongjianichthys Shu, 2003
      • Species †Zhongjianichthys rostratus Shu, 2003

References

1. Shu, Degan (April 2003). "A paleontological perspective of vertebrate origin". Chinese Science Bulletin. 48 (8): 725–735. Bibcode:2003ChSBu..48..725S. doi:10.1007/BF03187041.
2. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
3. van der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 25543675.
4. van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)