Dinomischus
| Dinomischus Temporal range:
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| The holotype of Dinomischus isolatus collected by Walcott | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Stem group: | Ctenophora |
| Family: | †Dinomischidae |
| Genus: | †Dinomischus Conway Morris, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| †Dinomischus isolatus Conway Morris, 1977
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Dinomischus is an extinct genus of stalked filter-feeding animals within the Cambrian period, with specimens known from the Burgess Shale, the Maotianshan Shales, the Kaili Formation and the Marjum Formation. While long of uncertain affinities, recent studies have suggested it to be a stem-group ctenophore.