Yunnanozoon
| Yunnanozoon Temporal range: Terreneuvian,
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| Fossil of Yunnanozoon lividum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Yunnanozoonidae Dzik, 1995 |
| Genus: | †Yunnanozoon Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 |
| Species: | †Y. lividum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Yunnanozoon lividum Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991
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Yunnanozoon lividum (from Yunnan, and Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion), meaning "animal", with specific name coming from Latin lividum; (lead-coloured), referring to preserved colour of specimens) is an extinct species of bilaterian animal from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan province, China. Its affinities have long been the subject of controversy.